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BACK NE Exercise 9-19 Whippet Bus Lines uses the units-of-activity method in dep

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Question

BACK NE Exercise 9-19 Whippet Bus Lines uses the units-of-activity method in depreciating its buses. One bus was purchased on Januery 1, 2017, at a cost of $128,000 Over its 4-year useful life, the bus is expected to be driven 218,000 miles. Salvage value is expected to be $8,100. Your answer is incorrect. Try again. Compute the depreciation cost per unit. (Round answer to 3 decimal places, e.g. 6.251) Depreciation cost per unit Your answer is incorrect. Try again. Prepere a depreciation schedule assuming actual mileage wes: 2017, 51,200; 2018, 66,560; 2019, 52,480; and 2020, 34,560. (Round depreciation cost per unit to 3 decimal places, e.g. 0.125 and other answers to O declmal places, e.g. 125) End of Year Years Unitsof Activity× Depreciation cost/uni-Annual Depreciation Expense Accumulated Depreciation Book Value 2017 2018 2019 8 9

Explanation / Answer

(a) Depreciation cost per unit = $0.55 per Mile

Depreciation cost per unit = (Cost – Salvage Value) / Actual Miles

= ($128000 - $8100 ) / 218000 Miles

= $ 0.55 per mile

(b) Depreciation Schedule

Year

Units of Activity

Depreciation cost / unit

Annual Depreciation

Accumulated Depreciation

Book Value

2017

51,200.00

$0.55

28,160.00

28,160.00

99,840.00

2018

66,560.00

$0.55

36,608.00

64,768.00

63,232.00

2019

52,480.00

$0.55

28,864.00

93,632.00

34,368.00

2020

34,560.00

$0.55

26,268.00

119,900.00

8,100.00

119,900.00

Year

Units of Activity

Depreciation cost / unit

Annual Depreciation

Accumulated Depreciation

Book Value

2017

51,200.00

$0.55

28,160.00

28,160.00

99,840.00

2018

66,560.00

$0.55

36,608.00

64,768.00

63,232.00

2019

52,480.00

$0.55

28,864.00

93,632.00

34,368.00

2020

34,560.00

$0.55

26,268.00

119,900.00

8,100.00

119,900.00