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A company is in need of a new plant to ramp up production at its manufacturing unit. It is contemplating ways to finance the new plant and is deciding between debt or lease financing. How can it analyze the two options to decide which one would be preferable?

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Since both options are tax-deductible, the after-tax cost of borrowing is used to discount the cash flows under each alternative to find the NPV. The option with a higher NPV can be chosen by the company to finance its new plant.

A compare the payback periods for each alternative

B compare the effective interest costs involved for each alternative

C compare the net present values under each alternative, using the cost of capital as the discount rate

D compare the net present values under each alternative, using the after-tax cost of borrowing as the discount rate

E C or D depending on which discount rate is higher

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