A project requires a $5000 investment. It pays out $1000 at year 1, $2000 at year 2, $3000 at year 3

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A project requires a $5000 investment. It pays out $1000 at year 1, $2000 at year 2, $3000 at year 3. The discount rate is 5%. Should you invest?

Using our NPV calculator, we get:
NPV = 357.94.

Because NPV > 0, we should invest