Vilas Company is considering a capital investment of $198,900 in additional production facilities. The new machinery is expected to have a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. Depreciation is by the straight-line method. During the life of the investment, annual net income and net annual cash flows are expected to be $13,923 and $51,000, respectively. Vilas has a 12% cost of capital rate, which is the required rate of return on investment.
(a)
Compute the cash payback period.

Cash payback period

years

Compute the annual rate of return on the proposed capital expenditure. 

The annual rate of return

%

(b)

Using the discounted cash flow technique, compute the net present value.