Haliburton Bakery acquires a delivery truck for $80,000 and anticipates using it for eight years, at which time it will have logged 500.000 kilometres. Currently, market conditions suggest that a used truck with 500.000 kilometres on the odometer sells for $5,000. The company anticipates using the truck for about the same amount each year and therefore believes that the straight-line method is appropriate. After using and depreciating the truck for three years, management believes that the truck will remain useful for a total of 10 years, after which the residual value will be $1,500. Requirement Compute the amount of depreciation in the third and fourth years. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar) Year Truck value Residual value 3 L Depreciation year 1.3 Years of service Depreciation amount
Haliburton Bakery acquires a delivery truck for $80,000 and anticipates using it for eight years, at which time it will have logged 500.000 kilometres. Currently, market conditions suggest that a used truck with 500.000 kilometres on the odometer sells for $5,000. The company anticipates using the truck for about the same amount each year and therefore believes that the straight-line method is appropriate. After using and depreciating the truck for three years, management believes that the truck will remain useful for a total of 10 years, after which the residual value will be $1,500. Requirement Compute the amount of depreciation in the third and fourth years. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar) Year Truck value Residual value 3 L Depreciation year 1.3 Years of service Depreciation amount
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![Haliburton Bakery acquires a delivery truck for $80,000 and anticipates using it for eight years, at which time it will have logged 500.000 kilometres. Currently, market conditions suggest that a used truck with 500.000 kilometres on the odometer sells for $5.000. The company
anticipates using the truck for about the same amount each year and therefore believes that the straight-line method is appropriate. After using and depreciating the truck for three years, management believes that the truck will remain useful for a total of 10 years, after which the
residual value will be $1,500.
Requirement
Compute the amount of depreciation in the third and fourth years. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar)
Year
Truck value
Residual
value
3
Depreciation
year 1.3
Years of
service
8
Depreciation
amount](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1fd5aeac-9b08-45da-b64c-038f0c893453%2F8f746083-fdab-49f6-8caf-19d17ce7c82a%2F4due93b_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Haliburton Bakery acquires a delivery truck for $80,000 and anticipates using it for eight years, at which time it will have logged 500.000 kilometres. Currently, market conditions suggest that a used truck with 500.000 kilometres on the odometer sells for $5.000. The company
anticipates using the truck for about the same amount each year and therefore believes that the straight-line method is appropriate. After using and depreciating the truck for three years, management believes that the truck will remain useful for a total of 10 years, after which the
residual value will be $1,500.
Requirement
Compute the amount of depreciation in the third and fourth years. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar)
Year
Truck value
Residual
value
3
Depreciation
year 1.3
Years of
service
8
Depreciation
amount
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