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You need a particular piece of equipment for your production process. An$$ equipment$-$leasing company has offered to lease the equipment to you for $ $10$ comma $100$ per year if you sign a guaranteed $5-$year lease$($the lease is paid at the end of each$$ year$).$ The company would also maintain the equipment for you as part of the lease.$$ Alternatively, you could buy and maintain the equipment yourself. The cash flows from doing so are listed$$ here: LOADING... $($the equipment has an economic life of $5$years$).$ If your discount rate is $7\mathrm{.}5\%,$ what should you$$ do$?$