Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,915,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The companys discount rate is 16%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:

Sales			$	2,863,000
Variable expenses				1,014,000
Contribution margin				1,849,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	781,000
Depreciation		583,000
Total fixed expenses				1,364,000
Net operating income			$	485,000

Required:

1. Which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

• Sales
• Variable expenses
• Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses
• Depreciation expense

5. What is the project profitability index for this project? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)