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THE ANSWER IS 6 0 , 1 7 9 can you please explain how to do it . Mogul Earthworks Ltd . needs a bulldozer

THE ANSWER IS 60,179 can you please explain how to do it.Mogul Earthworks Ltd. needs a bulldozer for a 5-year construction project. It can buy a new Caterpillar bulldozer for $300,000, or it can lease the same machine for five years. The bulldozer can be depreciated for tax purposes over 5 years and its salvage value at the end of that period will be $100,000. If Mogul buys the bulldozer, it will have to pay $10,000 per year in maintenance costs, but the maintenance costs will be covered by the lessor if it leases the machine. Mogul's cost of debt is 6% p.a. and its tax rate is 30%. What is the breakeven lease payment, assuming that lease payments are made annually in advance and there is no option to purchase the bulldozer when the lease terminates? (Enter your answer as a number to nearest unit)

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