Answer:
If we assume that the company does not have any required rate of return or discount rate associated to the lease payments, then the company should lease the equipment because the differential revenue will be higher ($214,200 ˃ $207,000).
Explanation:
the differential revenue if the equipment is leased:
total lease payments - associated costs = $290,000 - $75,800 = $214,200
the differential revenue if the equipment is sold:
selling price - sales commission = $230,000 - $23,000 = $207,000
If we assume that the company does not have any required rate of return or discount rate associated to the lease payments, then the company should lease the equipment because the differential revenue will be higher. The problem is that in the real world this never happens since the company should discount the lease payments since one dollar today is worth more than one dollar tomorrow. Since we are not given any discount rate, we must assume it is 0.