Reference no: EM132594210

New lithographic equipment, acquired at a cost of $687,500 on March 1 of Year 1 (beginning of the fiscal year), has an estimated useful life of five years and an estimated residual value of $59,100. The manager requested information regarding the effect of alternative methods on the amount of depreciation expense each year.

On March 4 of Year 5, the equipment was sold for $100,700.

Required:

Question 1. Determine the annual depreciation expense for each of the estimated five years of use, the accumulated depreciation at the end of each year, and the book value of the equipment at the end of each year by the following methods:

a. Straight-line method