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You're a contractor who needs to lease space for a field office during the five years of a construction project. The owner of the building where you want to rent space offers you three lease options. Each option assumes payment at the beginning of each year, and i=4% per year. which option would you chose?
A) First year annual rent of $12,000, with an increase of $2,500 per year for each of the next four years
B) First year annual rent of $12,000, with an increase of 18% per year for each of the next four years
C) Constant rent of $16,900 per year for five years.
*please solve arithmetically and not with excel*
A) The present value of the first lease option = $ 12,0001.041 + $ 14,5001.042 + $ 17,0001.043 + $ 19,5001.044
The present value of the first lease option = $56,726.15
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B) The present value of the second lease option = $ 12,0001.041 + $ 14,1601.042 + $ 16,708.801.043 + $ 19,716.381.044
The present value of the second lease option = $ 56,337.89
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C) The present value of third lease option = $ 16,9001.041 + $ 16,9001.042 + $ 16,9001.043 + $ 16,9001.044 + $ 16,9001.045
The present value of third lease option = $ 75,235.80
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The owner should choose the second lease option because it is the cheapest lease option compared to the first and third lease option.