Compute the Discounted Payback statistic for Project X and recommend whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost of capital is 11 percent and the maximum allowable discounted payback is 3 years.

Time:

0

1

2

3

4

5

Cash flow:

-990

440

540

460

360

210

• 3.46 years, reject
• 2.86 years, accept
• 2.46 years, accept

4.86 years, reject