Hello tutor please provide this question solution general accounting During 2005, Reynosa Inc.'s research and development departmentdeveloped a new manufacturing process. Research and developmentcosts were $85,000. The process was patented on October 1, 2005. Legalcosts to acquire the patent were $11,900. Reynosa decided to expensethe patent over a 20-year time period. Reynosa's fiscal year ends onSeptember 30.On October 1, 2010, Reynosa's competition announced that it hadobtained a patent on a new process that would make Reynosa's patentcompletely worthless.1. How much amortization expense should Reynosa report in each yearthrough the year ended September 30, 2010?2. What amount of loss should Reynosa report in the year endedSeptember 30, 2011?

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