Mega Company can lease equipment for three years, making annual payments of Rs. 150,000 per year at the end of each year or they can buy the equipment for Rs. 300,000. At the end of third years, the…

Mega Company can lease equipment for three years, making annual payments of Rs. 150,000 per year at the end of each year or they can buy the equipment for Rs. 300,000. At the end of third years, the equipment will have no 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? c. The appropriate discount rate for cash flows used in the analysis is the firm's after-tax cost of debt, why?