Riverbed Company purchased a delivery truck for $33,000 on January 1, 2022. The truck has an expected salvage value of $2,760, and is expected to be driven 108,000 miles over its estimated useful life of 10 years. Actual miles driven were 16,800 in 2022 and 12,600 in 2023. (a1) Calculate depreciation expense per mile under units-of-activity method. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50.) Depreciation expense $ eTextbook and Media List of Accounts Save for Later (a2) (1) (2) Compute depreciation expense for 2022 and 2023 using (1) the straight-line method, (2) the units-of-activity method, and (3) the double-declining-balance method. (Round depreciation cost per unit to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50 and depreciation rate to 0 decimal places, e.g. 15%. Round final answers to O decimal places, e.g. 2,125.) (3) Straight-line method Units-of-activity method Declining-balance method $ $ $ per mile 2022 Depreciation Expense $ $ $ Attempts: 0 of 5 used 2023 Submit Answer
Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
Depreciation Accounting
In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
![Riverbed Company purchased a delivery truck for $33,000 on January 1, 2022. The truck has an expected salvage value of $2,760, and
is expected to be driven 108,000 miles over its estimated useful life of 10 years. Actual miles driven were 16,800 in 2022
and 12,600 in 2023.
(a1)
Calculate depreciation expense per mile under units-of-activity method. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50.)
Depreciation expense $
eTextbook and Media
List of Accounts
Save for Later
(a2)
(1)
(2)
Compute depreciation expense for 2022 and 2023 using (1) the straight-line method, (2) the units-of-activity method, and (3) the
double-declining-balance method. (Round depreciation cost per unit to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50 and depreciation rate to O decimal
places, e.g. 15%. Round final answers to O decimal places, e.g. 2,125.)
(3)
Straight-line method
Units-of-activity method
$
$
Declining-balance method $
per mile
2022
Depreciation Expense
$
$
$
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![(b1)
Assume that Riverbed uses the straight-line method. Prepare the journal entry to record 2022 depreciation. (List all debit entries
before credit entries. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is
required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.)
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RIVERBED COMPANY
Partial Balance Sheet
Debit
December 31, 2022
Assume that Riverbed uses the straight-line method. Show how the truck would be reported in the December 31, 2022, balance
sheet.
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Journal Entry :— It is an act of recording transaction in books of account when transaction occurred.
Depreciation expense :— It is the allocation of depreciable cost of asset over its useful life.
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