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Griffith Vehicle Has Received Three Proposals for Its New Vehicle-Painting

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Griffith Vehicle has received three proposals for its new vehicle-painting machine.Information on each proposal is as follows:
 Proposal X  Proposal Y  Proposal Z  Initial investment in equipment $240,000$150,000$190,000 Working capital needed 0010,000 Annual cash saved by operations:  Year 1 80,00050,00080,000 Year 2 80,00042,00080,000 Year 3 80,00046,00080,000 Year 4 80,00024,00080,000 Salvage value end of year:  Year 1 100,00080,00060,000 Year 2 80,00060,00050,000 Year 3 40,00040,00030,000 Year 4 10,00020,00015,000 Working capital returned 0010,000\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { Proposal X } & \text { Proposal Y } & \text { Proposal Z } \\\hline \text { Initial investment in equipment } & \$ 240,000 & \$ 150,000 & \$ 190,000 \\\hline \text { Working capital needed } & 0 & 0 & 10,000 \\\hline \text { Annual cash saved by operations: } & & & \\\hline \text { Year 1 } & 80,000 & 50,000 & 80,000 \\\hline \text { Year 2 } & 80,000 & 42,000 & 80,000 \\\hline \text { Year 3 } & 80,000 & 46,000 & 80,000 \\\hline \text { Year 4 } & 80,000 & 24,000 & 80,000 \\\hline \text { Salvage value end of year: } & & & \\\hline \text { Year 1 } & 100,000 & 80,000 & 60,000 \\\hline \text { Year 2 } & 80,000 & 60,000 & 50,000 \\\hline \text { Year 3 } & 40,000 & 40,000 & 30,000 \\\hline \text { Year 4 } & 10,000 & 20,000 & 15,000 \\\hline \text { Working capital returned } & 0 & 0 & 10,000 \\\hline\end{array} Required:
Determine each proposal's payback.

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Proposal X payback = $240,000/$80,000 = ...

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