You are evaluating a project with an initial investment of $$17\mathrm{.}8$ million dollars, and expected cash flows of $$8$ million dollars each for years $1-3.$ What is the project's simple payback? The corporate WACC is $12\%.$

Express your answer in years, rounded to $2$ decimals. So$,$ if your answer is $2\mathrm{.}7654,$ then just enter $2\mathrm{.}77$