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The Foundational $15($Algo$)[$LO$12-1,$ LO$12-2,$ L$012-3,$ LO$12-5,$ LO$12-6]$

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Cardinal Company is considering a five$-$year project that would require a $$2,850,000$ investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The company's discount rate is $18\%.$ The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:

Click here to view Exhibit $12$B$-1$ and Exhibit $12$B$-2,$ to determine the appropriate discount factor$($s$)$ using table.

Foundational $12-14($Algo$)$

$14.$ Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates $($including total sales$)$ were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be $45\%.$ What was the project's actual payback period? $($Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.$)$

Payback period

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