What information does the payback period provide? Suppose you are evaluating a project with the expected future cash inflows shown in the following table. Your boss has asked you to calculate the project's net present value (NPV). You don't know the project's initial cost, but you do know the project's regular, or conventional, payback period is 2.50 years. If the project's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 8%, the project's NPV (rounded to the nearest dollar) is: Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Cash Flow $325,000 $475,000 $450,000 $450,000 $408,265 $296,920 $371,150 $389,708 O Which of the following statements indicate a disadvantage of using the regular payback period (not the discounted payback period) for capital budgeting decisions? Check all that apply. The payback period does not take the project's entire life into account. The payback period is calculated using net income instead of cash flows. The payback period does not take the time value of money into account. Before making capital budgeting decisions, finance professionals often generate, review, analyze, select, and implemeni long-term investment proposals that meet firm-specific criteria and are consistent with the firm's strategic goals. Companies often use several methods to evaluate the project's cash flows and each of them has its benefits and disadvantages. Based on your understanding of the capital budgeting evaluation methods, which of the following conclusions about capital budgeting are valid? Check all that apply. Managers have been slow to adopt the IRR, because percentage returns are a harder concept for them to grasp. The discounted payback period improves on the regular payback period by accounting for the time value of money. For most firms, the reinvestment rate assumption in the MIRR is more realistic than the assumption in the IRR. Jis the single best method to use when making capital budgeting decisions. NPV IRR