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The investment will require an | SolutionInn", "meta_keywords": "sentinel,company,investment,technology,improve,operations,will,require,initial,outlay,$249,000,yield", "question_title_h1": " Sentinel Company is considering an investment in technology to improve its operations. The investment will require an initial outlay of $249,000 and will yield", "question_title": " Sentinel Company is considering an investment in technology to improve its", "question_title_for_js_snippet": "Sentinel Company is considering an investment in technology to improve its operations The investment will require an initial outlay of $249,000 and will yield the following expected cash flows Management requires investments to have a payback period of 4 years, and it requires a 9 return on investments (PV of $1, FV of $1, PVA of $1, and FVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the table provided ) Period Cash Flow 1 $ 47,500 2 53,300 3 76,500 4 94,900 5 125,300 Required 1 Determine the payback period for this investment 2 Determine the break even time for this investment 3 Determine the net present value for this investment Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the payback period for this investment (Enter cash outflows with a minus sign Round your Payback Period answer to 1 decimal place ) Year Cash inflow (outflow) Cumulative Net Cash Inflow (outflow) 0 $ (249,000) Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the payback period for this investment (Enter cash outflows with a minus sign Round your Payback Period answer to 1 decimal place ) Cash inflow Cumulative Net Cash Year (outflow) Inflow (outflow) 0 $ (249,000) 1 2 4 5 Payback period Required 2 Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the break even time for this investment (Enter cash outflows with a minus sign Round your break even time answer to 1 decimal place ) Year 1 5 Cash inflow (outflow) Table factor Present Value of Cash Flows Cumulative Present Value of Cash Flows (249,000) Break even time Period Cash Flow 1 235N $ 47,500 53,300 76,500 94,900 4 125,300 Required 1 Determine the payback period for this investment 2 Determine the break even time for this investment 3 Determine the net present value for this investment Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the net present value for this investment Net present value Required 2 Required 33", "question_description": "\"image\"image\"image\"image", "transcribed_text": "Sentinel Company is considering an investment in technology to improve its operations. The investment will require an initial outlay of $249,000 and will yield the following expected cash flows. Management requires investments to have a payback period of 4 years, and it requires a 9% return on investments. (PV of $1, FV of $1, PVA of $1, and FVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the table provided.) Period Cash Flow 1 $ 47,500 2 53,300 3 76,500 4 94,900 5 125,300 Required: 1. Determine the payback period for this investment. 2. Determine the break-even time for this investment. 3. Determine the net present value for this investment. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the payback period for this investment. (Enter cash outflows with a minus sign. Round your Payback Period answer to 1 decimal place.) Year Cash inflow (outflow) Cumulative Net Cash Inflow (outflow) 0 $ (249,000) Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the payback period for this investment. (Enter cash outflows with a minus sign. Round your Payback Period answer to 1 decimal place.) Cash inflow Cumulative Net Cash Year (outflow) Inflow (outflow) 0 $ (249,000) 1 2 4 5 Payback period = Required 2 > Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the break-even time for this investment. (Enter cash outflows with a minus sign. Round your break-even time answer to 1 decimal place.) Year 1 5 Cash inflow (outflow) Table factor Present Value of Cash Flows Cumulative Present Value of Cash Flows (249,000) Break-even time = Period Cash Flow 1 235N $ 47,500 53,300 76,500 94,900 4 125,300 Required: 1. Determine the payback period for this investment. 2. Determine the break-even time for this investment. 3. Determine the net present value for this investment. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Determine the net present value for this investment. 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