Lukow Products is investigating the purchase of a piece of automated equipment that will save $160,000 each year in direct labor and inventory carrying costs. This equipment costs $870,000 and is expected to have a 7-year useful life with no salvage value. The company's required rate of return is 9% on all equipment purchases. Management anticipates that this equipment will provide intangible benefits such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output that will result in additional future cash inflows.

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What dollar value per year would these intangible benefits have to have to make the equipment an acceptable investment?(Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places.)