Acme Energy, Inc. purchased land containing 28.1 million tons of lignite for $12.926.000. It cost $4,266,000 to prepare the property for production and the residual value is $1,293.000. Compute the annual depletion cost if 5,564,000 tons were produced during the year. Round depletion cost per unit to the nearest cent.

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Acme Energy, Inc. purchased land containing 28.1 million tons of lignite for $12,926,000. It cost $4,266,000 to prepare the property for production and the residual value is $1,293,000. Compute the annual depletion cost if 5,564,000 tons were produced during the year.
Round depletion cost per unit to the nearest cent.
Transcribed Image Text:Acme Energy, Inc. purchased land containing 28.1 million tons of lignite for $12,926,000. It cost $4,266,000 to prepare the property for production and the residual value is $1,293,000. Compute the annual depletion cost if 5,564,000 tons were produced during the year. Round depletion cost per unit to the nearest cent.
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Depreciation is the loss in the value of the asset caused due to its usage, wear and tear.

There are different methods available for computation of depreciation like, Straight line method, sum of digits, double declining method, units of production.

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