Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 26Q
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Useful life of an asset: The useful life of an asset represents the time period, that the company estimates the asset to be operationally efficient, to be able to generate revenue.
To explain: the implications for comparing the results from two different useful life estimated to depreciate the plant assets, by two companies.
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