Question

It will cost $7,500 to acquire a cotton candy cart. Cart sales are expected to be $3,800 a year for four years. After the four years, the cart is expected to be worthless as the expected life of the cotton candy producing machine is only four years. What is the payback period? a. 4.00 years b. 2.00 years c. 1.48 years d. 1.97 years e. 1.67 years

Answer 1

It will take 1.97 years to payback the machine.

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

It will cost $7,500 to acquire a cotton candy cart. Cart sales are expected to be $3,800 a year for four years.

We need to determine the amount of time required to payback the machine.

Year 1= 3,800 - 7,500= -3,700

Year 2= 3,800 - 3,700= 100

3,700/3,800= 0.97

It will take 1.97 years to payback the machine.