Analysis Component: Which method will result in the greatest: a. Total assets being reported on the balance sheet in 2020? in 2023?
On January 3, 2020, Xenex Innovations purchased computer equipment for $145,000. The equipment will be used in research and development activities for five years or a total of 10,000 hours and then sold for about $24,000.
Assume actual usage in hours of:
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
1,850 | 1,880 | 3,400 | 3,080 | 3,700 | |||||
1. Calculate
2. Analysis Component
Which method will result in the greatest (Image 2 attached for reference)
a. Total assets being reported on the
b. Operating expenses being reported on the income statement in 2020? in 2023?
![Analysis Component:
Which method will result in the greatest:
a. Total assets being reported on the balance sheet in 2020? in 2023?
Depreciation Method
2020
2023
b. Operating expenses being reported on the income statement in 2020? in 2023?
Depreciation Method
2020
2023](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcb0c5dd8-bf64-4fb4-b563-d51d50704296%2F4b1bf035-a6a5-4622-b80b-bd56a2c1c5c8%2F0oetpze_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Double-Declining-Balance
Units-of-Production
Depreciation
Expense
Depreciation
Expense
Book Value at
Book Value at
Depreciation
Expense
Book Value at
Year
December 31
December 31
December 31
2020
2021
2022
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2024](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcb0c5dd8-bf64-4fb4-b563-d51d50704296%2F4b1bf035-a6a5-4622-b80b-bd56a2c1c5c8%2Ft9b0xqb_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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