Clean Company acquired a tract of land containing an extractable natural resource. Clean is required by its purchase contract to restore the land to a condition suitable for recreational use after it has extracted the natural resource. Geological surveys estimate that the recoverable reserves will be 2,000,000 tons, and that the land will have a value of $1,000,000 after restoration. Relevant cost information follows:Land $7,500,000 Estimated restoration costs 1,500,000 If Clean maintains no inventories of extracted material, what should be the charge to depletion expense per ton of extracted material? O a. $4.00 Ob. $3.20 O c. $2.60 O d. $3.00

Clean Company acquired a tract of land containing an extractable natural resource. Clean is required by its purchase contract to restore the land to a condition suitable for recreational use after it has extracted the natural resource. Geological surveys estimate that the recoverable reserves will be 2,000,000 tons, and that the land will have a value of $1,000,000 after restoration. Relevant cost information follows:Land $7,500,000 Estimated restoration costs 1,500,000 If Clean maintains no inventories of extracted material, what should be the charge to depletion expense per ton of extracted material? O a. $4.00 Ob. $3.20 O c. $2.60 O d. $3.00

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