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Hunt Ltd is considering replacing all its offset printing machinery. The cost on 1.1.X1 will be £2m. The expected economic life of the equipment will be 4 years. The company depreciates its equipment using the straight-line methods. The company expects to sell this equipment for £200,000, after the end of its useful economic life. There are expected cost savings arising from this investment of £900,000 in each of years 1 and 2 and £600,000 in each of years 3 and 4.  Which is the payback period of this investment?

Hunt Ltd is considering replacing all its offset printing machinery. The cost on 1.1.X1 will be £2m. The expected economic life of the equipment will be 4 years. The company depreciates its equipment using the straight-line methods. The company expects to sell this equipment for £200,000, after the end of its useful economic life. There are expected cost savings arising from this investment of £900,000 in each of years 1 and 2 and £600,000 in each of years 3 and 4.  Which is the payback period of this investment?

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Hunt Ltd is considering replacing all its offset printing machinery. The cost on 1.1.X1 will be £2m. The expected economic life of the equipment will be 4 years. The company depreciates its equipment using the straight-line methods. The company expects to sell this equipment for £200,000, after the end of its useful economic life. There are expected cost savings arising from this investment of £900,000 in each of years 1 and 2 and £600,000 in each of years 3 and 4. 

Which is the payback period of this investment? 

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