Ambitious Company showed the following schedule of depreciable assets on January 1, 2017. Asset                     Cost                       Accumulated                      Acquisition          Residual                                                                 Depreciation A                             4,000,000             2,560,000                             2015                       400,000 B                             2,000,000             1,440,000                             2014                       200,000 C                             2,800,000             1,344,000                             2014                       560,000  The useful life of each asset is 5 years.  The entity takes a full depreciation in the year of acquisition and No depreciation in the year of disposition.  Asset C was sold for 1,700,000 on June 30, 2017. Asset C was depreciated using the straight line method.  What is the gain on sale of Asset C?

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20.       Ambitious Company showed the following schedule of depreciable assets on January 1, 2017.

Asset                     Cost                       Accumulated                      Acquisition          Residual

                                                                Depreciation

A                             4,000,000             2,560,000                             2015                       400,000

B                             2,000,000             1,440,000                             2014                       200,000

C                             2,800,000             1,344,000                             2014                       560,000

 The useful life of each asset is 5 years.  The entity takes a full depreciation in the year of acquisition and No depreciation in the year of disposition.

 Asset C was sold for 1,700,000 on June 30, 2017.

Asset C was depreciated using the straight line method.

 What is the gain on sale of Asset C?

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