Wei-Ping's consulting firm needs new quarters. A downtown office building is ideal. The company can either buy or lease it. To buy the office building will cost $6 000 000. If the building is leased, the lease fee is $400 000 payable at the beginning of each year. In either case, the company must pay city taxes, maintenance, and utilities. Wei-Ping figures that the company needs the office space for only 15 years. Therefore, it will either sign a 15-year lease or buy the building. If it buys the building, it will then sell the building after 15 years. The value of the building at that time is estimated to be $ 15 000 000. What rate of return will Wei-Ping's firm receive by buying the office building instead of leasing it?

Wei-Ping's consulting firm needs new quarters. A downtown office building is ideal. The company can either buy or lease it. To buy the office building will cost $6 000 000. If the building is leased, the lease fee is $400 000 payable at the beginning of each year. In either case, the company must pay city taxes, maintenance, and utilities. Wei-Ping figures that the company needs the office space for only 15 years. Therefore, it will either sign a 15-year lease or buy the building. If it buys the building, it will then sell the building after 15 years. The value of the building at that time is estimated to be $ 15 000 000. What rate of return will Wei-Ping's firm receive by buying the office building instead of leasing it?

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