Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,765,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $200,000. The companys discount rate is 12%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:

Sales			$	2,861,000
Variable expenses				1,101,000
Contribution margin				1,760,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	705,000
Depreciation		513,000
Total fixed expenses				1,218,000
Net operating income			$	542,000

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.

Required:

What is the present value of the projects annual net cash inflows? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Present value

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