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A small accounting firm is considering the purchase of a computer software package that would greatly reduce the amount of time needed to prepare tax forms

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A small accounting firm is considering the purchase of a computer software package that would greatly reduce the amount of time needed to prepare tax forms. The software costs $2200 and this expense will be incurred immediately. The firm estimates that it will save $650 at the end of each year beginning in one year for 8 consecutive years, and also save $1788 in year 9. What is the payback on the computer package? Place your answer as an integer that stands for number of years. Please explain how to solve this.