Mitsui Electronics, Limited, is considering buying a labor$-$saving pierce of equipment and provided the following data:

Purchase cost of the equipment

$$329,000$

Annual cost savings that will be

provided by the equipment

$$70,000$

Life of the equipment

$10$ years

Required:

$1$a$.$ Compute the payback period for the equipment.

$1$b$.$ If the company requires a payback period of four years or less, would it buy the equipment?

$2$a$.$ Compute the simple rate of return on the equipment. Use straight$-$line depreciation based on the equipment's useful life.

$2b.$ Would the company buy the equipment if its required rate of return is $14\%?$

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

Required $1$A

Required $1$B

Required $2$A

Required $2$B

Compute the payback period for the equipment.

Note: Round your answer to $1$ decimal place.

Payback Period

Years