The Wildcat Oil Company is trying to decide whether to lease or buy a newcomputer-assisted drilling system for its oil exploration business. Managementhas decided that it must use the system to stay competitive; it will provide $3million in annual pretax cost savings. The system costs $8.9 million and will bedepreciated straight-line to zero over five years. Wildcat's tax rate is 21 percent,and the firm can borrow at 7 percent. Lambert Leasing Company is willing tolease the equipment to Wildcat. Lambert's policy is to require its lessees to makepayments at the start of the year. Suppose it is estimated that the equipment willI have an aftertax residual value of $900,000 at the end of the lease. What is themaximum lease payment acceptable to Wildcat?Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars,not millions of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.Maximum lease payment

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