Delta Company can lease equipment for three years, making annual payments of Rs 300,000 per year at the end of each year or they can buy the equipment for Rs 600,000. At the end of third years, the…

Delta Company can lease equipment for three years, making annual payments of Rs 300,000 per year at the end of each year or they can buy the equipment for Rs 600,000. At the end of third years, the equipment will have salvage value Rs 120,000 which is both book salvage value and cash salvage value. The firm's before tax cost of debt is 10 percent. The company uses straight-line depreciation and has a 40 percent tax rate.

a. Calculate cost of leasing. b. Calculate cost of purchasing. Should the machine be leased or purchased?