Suppose your firm is considering investing in a project with the cash flows shown below, that the required rate of return on projects of this risk class is $13$ percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistics for your company are $2\mathrm{.}5$ and $3\mathrm{.}0$ years, respectively.

Time: $012345$

Cash flow: $$$$225,000$ $$64,800$ $$83,000$ $$140,000$ $$121,000$ $$80,200$

Use the NPV decision rule to evaluate this project.