(Solved): Corn Doggy, Inc. produces and sells corn dogs. The corn dogs are dipped by hand. Austin Beagle, prod ...

Corn Doggy, Inc. produces and sells corn dogs. The corn dogs are dipped by hand. Austin Beagle, production manager, is considering purchasing a machine that will make the corn dogs. Austin has shopped for machines and found that the machine he wants will cost $279,200. In addition, Austin estimates that the new machine will increase the company's annual net cash flows by $43,000. The machine will have a 12-year useful life and no salvage value. TABLE 4 Present Value of an Annuity of 1 (n) Payments 2 3 1 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 123456789 0 4% .96154 1.88609 2.77509 3.62990 4.45182 5.24214 6.00205 6.73274 7.43533 8.11090 8.76048 9.38507 9.98565 10.56312 11.11839 11.65230 12.16567 12.65930 13.13394 13.59033 5% 95238 1.85941 2.72325 3.54595 4.32948 5.07569 5.78637 6.46321 7.10782 7.72173 8.30641 8.86325 9.39357 9.89864 10.37966 10.83777 11.27407 11.68959 12.08532 12.46221 6% .94340 1.83339 2.67301 3.46511 4.21236 4.91732 5.58238 6.20979 6.80169 7.36009 7.88687 8.38384 8.85268 9.29498 9.71225 10.10590 10.47726 10.82760 11.15812 11.46992 7% 0.93458 1.80802 2.62432 3.38721 4.10020 4.76654 5.38929 5.97130 6.51523 7.02358 7.49867 7.94269 8.35765 8.74547 9.10791 9.44665 9.76322 10.05909 10.33560 10.59401 8% .92593 1.78326 2.57710 3.31213 3.99271 4.62288 5.20637 5.74664 6.24689 6.71008 7.13896 7.53608 7.90378 8.24424 8.55948 8.85137 9.12164 9.37189 9.60360 9.81815 9% 91743 1.75911 2.53130 3.23972 3.88965 4.48592 5.03295 5.53482 5.99525 6.41766 6.80519 7.16073 7.48690 7.78615 8.06069 8.31256 8.54363 8.75563 8.95012 9.12855 10% .90909 1.73554 2.48685 3.16986 3.79079 4.35526 4.86842 5.33493 5.75902 6.14457 6.49506 6.81369 7.10336 7.36669 7.60608 7.82371 8.02155 8.20141 8.36492 8.51356 11% .90090 1.71252 2.44371 3.10245 3.69590 4.23054 4.71220 5.14612 5.53705 5.88923 6.20652 6.49236 6.74987 6.98187 7.19087 7.37916 7.54879 7.70162 7.83929 7.96333 12% .89286 1.69005 2.40183 3.03735 3.60478 4.11141 4.56376 4.96764 5.32825 5.65022 5.93770 6.19437 6.42355 6.62817 6.81086 6.97399 7.11963 7.24967 7.36578 7.46944 15% .86957 1.62571 2.28323 2.85498 3.35216 3.78448 4.16042 4.48732 4.77158 5.01877 5.23371 5.42062 5.58315 5.72448 5.84737 5.95424 6.04716 6.12797 6.19823 6.25933 (a) Calculate the cash payback period. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.21.) Cash payback period years