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Cardinal Company is considering a five$-$year project that would require a $$2,810,000$ investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The company's discount rate is $16\%.$ The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:

Sales

Variable expenses

Contribution margin

Fixed expenses:

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