Vocabulary: Investment: How much cash the company is looking for in a deal. Equity: How much of the company's profit the investor gets. Consumer Price: The amount of cash the consumer has to pay to buy the product. Sell Rate: How often the product sells.
Formula is: (I÷((CPxE)xSR))=Years To Earn Money Back IT IS OKAY TO USE A PIECE OF PAPER! Note: This game assumes that manufacturing is free, that sell rates never change, and other variables that matter. In the real world, this math isn't so easy peasy and many other variables come into play.