Your Company is considering a new project that will require $870,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 7 years and will be depreciated to a book value of $65,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 12%, and the firm's tax rate is 40%. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.

a. $46,000

b. $115,000

c. $209,933

d. $69,000