3. Given the following cost information about a fixed asset, calculate depreciation expense for its second year of operation assuming a) straight-line depreciation, b) double-declining balance, and c) units of production.   The cost of a truck purchased on January 1 is $30,000. It has a useful life of 5 years or 75,000 miles. At the time of the purchase of the asset, it had an estimated salvage value of $3,000 at the end of its useful life. It is driven 7,500 miles in its first year of operation and 16,750 miles in its second year of operation. Second year depreciation expense Straight-line depreciation Double-declining balance Units of production

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3. Given the following cost information about a fixed asset, calculate depreciation expense for its second year of operation assuming a) straight-line depreciation, b) double-declining balance, and c) units of production.

 

The cost of a truck purchased on January 1 is $30,000. It has a useful life of 5 years or 75,000 miles. At the time of the purchase of the asset, it had an estimated salvage value of $3,000 at the end of its useful life. It is driven 7,500 miles in its first year of operation and 16,750 miles in its second year of operation.

Second year depreciation expense

Straight-line depreciation

Double-declining balance

Units of production

 

 

 

 

 

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