Don't Use Ai A company acquired a trademark on January 1, 2015, for $5million. The trademark will be used for 10 years, even though itslegal life is 25 years. The company has made a commitment tosell the trademark to another firm for $300,000 at the end of 10years.Compute the annual amortization expense for 2015, assumingthe straight-line method is used.

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