hree different companies each purchased trucks on January 1, 2018, for $62,000. Each truck was expected to last four years or 250,000 miles. Salvage value was estimated to be $2,000. All three trucks were driven 75,000 miles in 2018, 60,000 miles in 2019, 50,000 miles in 2020, and 70,000 miles in 2021. Each of the three companies earned $51,000 of cash revenue during each of the four years. Company A uses straight-line depreciation, company B uses double-declining-balance depreciation, and company C uses units-of-production depreciation.   Answer each of the following questions. Ignore the effects of income taxes.   b-1. Calculate the net income for 2021? (Round "Per Unit Cost" to 3 decimal places.)         b-2. Which company will report the lowest amount of net income for 2021?   multiple choice Company A Company B Company C All of the choices

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Three different companies each purchased trucks on January 1, 2018, for $62,000. Each truck was expected to last four years or 250,000 miles. Salvage value was estimated to be $2,000. All three trucks were driven 75,000 miles in 2018, 60,000 miles in 2019, 50,000 miles in 2020, and 70,000 miles in 2021. Each of the three companies earned $51,000 of cash revenue during each of the four years. Company A uses straight-line depreciation, company B uses double-declining-balance depreciation, and company C uses units-of-production depreciation.

 

Answer each of the following questions. Ignore the effects of income taxes.

 

  1. b-1. Calculate the net income for 2021? (Round "Per Unit Cost" to 3 decimal places.)

 

 

 

 

  1. b-2. Which company will report the lowest amount of net income for 2021?

 

multiple choice

  • Company A
  • Company B
  • Company C
  • All of the choices

 

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