Under the payback method and assuming these machines are mutually exclusive, which machine(s) would Dammon Corp. choose?

The Dammon Corp. has the following investment opportunities:

Machine A Machine B Machine C
($10,000 cost) ($22,500 cost) ($35,500 cost)
Inflows Inflows Inflows
year 1 $ 6,000 year 1 $ 12,000 year 1 $ -0-
year 2 3,000 year 2 7,500 year 2 30,000
year 3 3,000 year 3 1,500 year 3 5,000
year 4 -0- year 4 1,500 year 4 20,000


A) Machine A
B) Machine B
C) Machine C
D) Machine A and B


A) Machine A



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