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Zain, Incorporated, is considering a project that would have a Eight-year life and would require a $8,025,750 investment in equipment. At the end of ten

Zain, Incorporated, is considering a project that would have a Eight-year life and would require a $8,025,750 investment in equipment. At the end of ten years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows (Ignore income taxes.):

Sales

$3,450,000

Variable expenses

1,650,000

Contribution margin

1,800,000

Fixed expenses:

Fixed out-of-pocket cash expenses

$350,000

Depreciation

207,500

686,000

Net operating income

$1,242,500

All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. The company's required rate of return is 8%.

Required:

1. Compute the project's net present value. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.).

2. Compute the project's internal rate of return. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole percent.).

3. Compute the project's payback period. (Round your answer to 2 decimal place.).

4. Compute the project's simple rate of return. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole).

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