A company with $600,000 in operating assets is considering the purchase of a machine that costs $72,000 and that's expected to reduce operating costs by $18,000 each year. These reductions in cost occur evenly throughout the year. The payback period for this machine is closest to years.
A. 33.3
B. 4
C. 8.3
D. 0.25

B. 4 years

Step-by-step explanation:

Data provided as per the requirement of the payback period is here below:-

Investment = $72,000

Cash inflow each year = $18,000

The computation of the payback period for this machine in years is shown below:-

Payback period =

=

= 4 years

Therefore for computing the payback period we simply applied the above formula.

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step-by-step explanation:

b) 1/3 * 1/5

step-by-step explanation:

each smallest part is 1/15 since the written one is 1/5 and it's divided by 3 equal parts. (1/5 )/3 = 1/15 = 1/3 * 1/5