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Declining-balance depreciation:
It is an accelerated method of depreciation under which the depreciation declines in each successive year until the value of asset becomes zero. Under this method, the book value (original cost less
To compute: the annual depreciation for the first year under the declining-balance method.
To compute: the annual depreciation for the second year under the declining-balance method

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