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Two measures have the same payback but different lives. Simple payback

  • A.prefers the one with the longer life
  • B.prefers whichever has the smaller investment
  • C.cannot distinguish between them
  • D.prefers the one with the shorter life

Answer: C

Correct answer: cannot distinguish between them

Payback stops counting at the moment the capital is recovered and takes no account of anything after it, so a measure lasting four years and one lasting fifteen look identical if both pay back in two. That blindness to project life is the criterion’s principal defect, and it is why net present value is needed to rank them.

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