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St. Martin's Hospital plans to purchase or lease a $2 million CT scanner. If purchased, the CT scanner will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over five years, after which it will be worthless. If leased, the annual lease payments will be $500,000 per year for five years. St. Martin's borrowing cost is 8%, and its tax rate is 35%.
-In the chapter, the lease versus buy decision was called an unfair comparison. Why? What is the correct comparison?

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