How is the payback period computed and what are its advantages and disadvantages?

Week 5 – Discussion 2

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Payback Period [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLO: 6]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, review the following:

• Chapter 7 in the textbook

Write: Make sure your response addressing the following question is more than 200 words and includes an in-text citation or a brief quote from the reading material where appropriate. You may want to review the Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) resource from the Ashford Writing Center for proper use of citations.

The payback period is the amount of time it takes for a project to recover an investment. How is the payback period computed and what are its advantages and disadvantages?

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