Calculator Theory Question

Hello, new to leasing but have a background in finance and had a question. I’m curious why the money factor (and thus APR) is applied to the sum of Residual Value and Adjusted Capitalized Cost. In theory, isn’t the present value the Adjusted Capitalized Cost and the Future Value is the Residual Value and thus your “financed” piece of the equation is just the Depreciation Amount?

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