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Lease or Buy Wolfson Corporation has decided to purchase a new machine that costs $2.8 million. The machine will be
- a. Should Wolfson lease the machine or buy it with bank financing?
- b. What is the annual lease payment that will make Wolfson indifferent to whether it leases the machine or purchases it?
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