TABLE 4 Present Value of an Annuity of 1 (n) Payments 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 15% 1 .96154 .95238 .94340 .93458 .92593 .91743 .90909 .90090 .89286 .86957 2 1.88609 1.85941 1.83339 1.80802 1.78326 1.75911 1.73554 1.71252 1.69005 1.62571 3 2.77509 2.72325 2.67301 2.62432 2.57710 2.53130 2.48685 2.44371 2.40183 2.28323 4 3.62990 3.54595 3.46511 3.38721 3.31213 3.23972 3.16986 3.10245 3.03735 2.85498 5 4.45182 4.32948 4.21236 4.10020 3.99271 3.88965 3.79079 3.69590 3.60478 3.35216 6 5.24214 5.07569 4.91732 4.76654 4.62288 4.48592 4.35526 4.23054 4.11141 3.78448 7 6.00205 5.78637 5.58238 5.38929 5.20637 5.03295 4.86842 4.71220 4.56376 4.16042 8 6.73274 6.46321 6.20979 5.97130 5.74664 5.53482 5.33493 5.14612 4.96764 4.48732 9 7.43533 7.10782 6.80169 6.51523 6.24689 5.99525 5.75902 5.53705 5.32825 4.77158 10 8.11090 7.72173 7.36009 7.02358 6.71008 6.41766 6.14457 5.88923 5.65022 5.01877 11 8.76048 8.30641 7.88687 7.49867 7.13896 6.80519 6.49506 6.20652 5.93770 5.23371 12 9.38507 8.86325 8.38384 7.94269 7.53608 7.16073 6.81369 6.49236 6.19437 5.42062 13 9.98565 9.39357 8.85268 8.35765 7.90378 7.48690 7.10336 6.74987 6.42355 5.58315 14 10.56312 9.89864 9.29498 8.74547 8.24424 7.78615 7.36669 6.98187 6.62817 5.72448 15 11.11839 10.37966 9.71225 9.10791 8.55948 8.06069 7.60608 7.19087 6.81086 5.84737 16 11.65230 10.83777 10.10590 9.44665 8.85137 8.31256 7.82371 7.37916 6.97399 5.95424 17 12.16567 11.27407 10.47726 9.76322 9.12164 8.54363 8.02155 7.54879 7.11963 6.04716 18 12.65930 11.68959 10.82760 10.05909 9.37189 8.75563 8.20141 7.70162 7.24967 6.12797 19 13.13394 12.08532 11.15812 10.33560 9.60360 8.95012 8.36492 7.83929 7.36578 6.19823 20 13.59033 12.46221 11.46992 10.59401 9.81815 9.12855 8.51356 7.96333 7.46944 6.25933 TABLE 3 Present Value of 1 (n) Periods 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 15% 1 .96154 .95238 .94340 .93458 .92593 .91743 .90909 .90090 .89286 .86957 2 .92456 .90703 .89000 .87344 .85734 .84168 .82645 .81162 .79719 .75614 3 .88900 .86384 .83962 .81630 .79383 .77218 .75132 .73119 .71178 .65752 4 .85480 .82270 .79209 .76290 .73503 .70843 .68301 .65873 .63552 .57175 5 .82193 .78353 .74726 .71299 .68058 .64993 .62092 .59345 .56743 .49718 6 .79031 .74622 .70496 .66634 .63017 59627 .56447 .53464 .50663 .43233 7 .75992 .71068 .66506 .62275 .58349 .54703 .51316 .48166 45235 .37594 8 .73069 .67684 .62741 .58201 .54027 .50187 .46651 .43393 40388 .32690 9 .70259 .64461 .59190 .54393 .50025 .46043 .42410 .39092 .36061 .28426 10 .67556 .61391 .55839 .50835 .46319 42241 .38554 .35218 .32197 .24719 11 .64958 .58468 .52679 .47509 .42888 .38753 35049 .31728 .28748 21494 12 .62460 .55684 .49697 44401 .39711 .35554 .31863 .28584 .25668 .18691 13 .60057 .53032 .46884 .41496 .36770 .32618 .28966 .25751 .22917 .16253 14 .57748 .50507 .44230 .38782 .34046 .29925 .26333 .23199 .20462 .14133 15 .55526 .48102 .41727 .36245 .31524 .27454 .23939 .20900 .18270 .12289 16 .53391 .45811 .39365 .33873 .29189 .25187 .21763 .18829 .16312 .10687 17 .51337 .43630 .37136 .31657 .27027 .23107 .19785 .16963 .14564 .09293 18 49363 .41552 .35034 .29586 .25025 .21199 .17986 .15282 .13004 .08081 19 47464 .39573 .33051 .27615 .23171 .19449 .16351 .13768 .11611 .07027 20 .45639 .37689 .31180 .25842 .21455 .17843 .14864 .12403 .10367 .06110 Sheridan's Custom Construction Company is considering three new projects, each requiring an equipment investment of $25,960. Each project will last for 3 years and produce the following net annual cash flows. Year AA BB CC 1 $8,260 $11,800 $15,340 2 10,620 11,800 14,160 3 14,160 11,800 12,980 Total $33,040 $35,400 $42,480 The equipment's salvage value is zero, and Sheridan uses straight-line depreciation. Sheridan will not accept any project with a cash payback period over 2 years. Sheridan's required rate of return is 12%. Click here to view PV table. (a) Compute each project's payback period. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) AA years BB years CC years Which is the most desirable project? The most desirable project based on payback period is
