On January 1, the Matthews Band pays $68,800 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for four years and after four years it can sell the equipment for $1,000. Matthews Band uses straight-line depreciation but realizes at the start of the second year that this equipment will last only a total of three years. The salvage value is not changed.   Compute the revised depreciation for both the second and third years.

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On January 1, the Matthews Band pays $68,800 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for four years and after four years it can sell the equipment for $1,000. Matthews Band uses straight-line depreciation but realizes at the start of the second year that this equipment will last only a total of three years. The salvage value is not changed.
 
Compute the revised depreciation for both the second and third years.
 

 
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