Business: Future and Present Values for Decision Making A company consid$-$

ers buying a machine that will increase its annual net income by an esti$-$

mated $$70,000$ per year for the next $6$ years. Over the next $6$ years, company

economists believe the money they invest from that continuous stream will

earn $5\%.$ The future and present values of this stream over the next $6$ years

are $$489,802\mathrm{.}33$ and $$362,854\mathrm{.}49,$ respectively. If the cost of the machine is

$$375,000,$ should the company buy the machine or invest the present value of

the machine?