Assignment: Chapter 09 Capital Budgeting Techniques Complete the following table and compute the project's conventional payback period. Round the payback period to the nearest two decimal places. Be sure to complete the entire table-even if the values exceed the point at which the cost of the project is recovered. Year 2 Year 3 Year o -$5,000,000 Expected cash flow Year 1 $2,000,000 $4,250,000 $1,750,000 $ $ Cumulative cash flow Conventional payback period: years The conventional payback period ignores the time value of money, and this concerns Blue Hamster's CFO. He has now asked you to compute Alpha's discounted payback period, assuming the company has a 7% cost of capital. Complete the following table and perform any necessary calculations. Round the discounted cash flow values to the nearest whole dollar, and the discounted payback period to the nearest two decimal places. Again, be sure to complete the entire table-even if the values exceed the point at which the cost of the project is recovered. Year 2 Year o -$5,000,000 Year 3 Year 1 $2,000,000 $4,250,000 $1,750,000 5 Cash flow Discounted cash flow Cumulative discounted cash flow Discounted payback period: $ years Which version of a project's payback period should the CFO use when evaluating Project Alpha, given its theoretical superiority? The discounted payback period The regular payback period