Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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Author: Carl Warren
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.2.1P
To determine
(a)
Concept introduction:
Cash payback period:
The time taken for earning the amount of investment made through the net
It is a method of determining the present value of cash flows over the period by the multiplying the cash flows with the discounting factor of the required rate.
To compute:
The cash payback period for each product.
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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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