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High electricity costs have made Farmer Corporation’s chicken-plucking machine economically worthless. Only two machines are available to replace it. The International Plucking Machine (IPM) model is available only on a lease basis. The lease payments will be $87,000 for five years, due at the beginning of each year. This machine will save Farmer $32,500 per year through reductions in electricity costs. As an alternative, Farmer can purchase a more energy-efficient machine from Basic Machine Corporation (BMC) for $418,000. This machine will save $36,500 per year in electricity costs. A local bank has offered to finance the machine with a $418,000 loan. The interest rate on the loan will be 7 percent on the remaining balance and will require five annual principal payments of $83,600. Farmer has a target debt-to-asset ratio of 66 percent and a tax rate of 22 percent. After five years, both machines will be worthless. The machines will be depreciated on a straight-line basis. |
a. | What is the NAL of leasing? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
b. | How much debt is displaced by this lease? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |