Contrast the straight-line method and the units-of-activity method as to (a) Useful life, and (b) The pattern of periodic depreciation over useful life 2. Distinguish between revenue expenditures and capital expenditures during useful life. 3. What are natural resources, and what are their distinguishing characteristics? 4. What are the similarities and differences between the terms depreciation, depletion, and amortization? 5. Explain what depletion is and how it is computed

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