(Solved): Eason plans to open a do-it-yourself dog bathing center in Petland. The bathing equipmen ...

Eason plans to open a do-it-yourself dog bathing center in Petland. The bathing equipment will cost $50,000. Eason expects the after-tax cash inflows to be $15,000 annually for 8 years, after which he plans to scrap the equipment.
a. Find the project’s payback period.
b. What is the project’s discounted payback period if the required rate of return is 10%?
c. What is the project’s net present value (NPV) if the required rate of return is 10%?
d. What is the project’s Profitability Index (PI) if the required rate of return is 20%? Should the project be accepted according to the rule of PI?