Spiderman Company owns a machine that was bought on January 1, 2005 for P3,760,000. The machine was estmated to have a useful life of five years and a residual value of P240,000. Spiderman uses the sum of years' digits method of depreciation. At the beginning of 2008, Spiderman determined that the total useful life of the machine should have been four years and the residual value is P352,000. For the year 2008, Spiderman should record depreciation expense on this amchine at a. 192,000 b. 444,000 c. 592,000 d. 704,000
Spiderman Company owns a machine that was bought on January 1, 2005 for P3,760,000. The machine was estmated to have a useful life of five years and a residual value of P240,000. Spiderman uses the sum of years' digits method of depreciation. At the beginning of 2008, Spiderman determined that the total useful life of the machine should have been four years and the residual value is P352,000. For the year 2008, Spiderman should record depreciation expense on this amchine at a. 192,000 b. 444,000 c. 592,000 d. 704,000
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![Spiderman Company owns a machine that was bought on January
1, 2005 for P3,760,000. The machine was estmated to have a useful
life of five years and a residual value of P240,000. Spiderman uses
the sum of years' digits method of depreciation. At the beginning
of 2008, Spiderman determined that the total useful life of the
machine should have been four years and the residual value is
P352,000. For the year 2008, Spiderman should record depreciation
expense on this amchine at
a. 192,000
b. 444,000
c. 592,000
d. 704,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8d377841-5d4e-4025-8342-0f874de2b403%2F70c50921-8e68-46e6-9795-6612d8215be4%2Fxum4mr_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Spiderman Company owns a machine that was bought on January
1, 2005 for P3,760,000. The machine was estmated to have a useful
life of five years and a residual value of P240,000. Spiderman uses
the sum of years' digits method of depreciation. At the beginning
of 2008, Spiderman determined that the total useful life of the
machine should have been four years and the residual value is
P352,000. For the year 2008, Spiderman should record depreciation
expense on this amchine at
a. 192,000
b. 444,000
c. 592,000
d. 704,000
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