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Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,890,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The companys discount rate is 12%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:

Sales			$	2,739,000
Variable expenses				1,100,000
Contribution margin				1,639,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	641,000
Depreciation		578,000
Total fixed expenses				1,219,000
Net operating income			$	420,000

5. What is the project profitability index for this project?

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 50%. What was the projects actual payback period?

15. 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 50%. What was the projects actual simple rate of return?