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assune that MHS purchased two additional pieces of equipment on April 1st of its

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Question

assune that MHS purchased two additional pieces of equipment on April 1st of its fiscal year as follows

(1) the laboratory equipment cost $300,000 and has an expected life of 5 years. The salvage value is 5 percent of cost. No equipment was traded in on this purchase.

(2) The radiology equipment cost $800,000 and has an expected life of 7 years. The salvage is 10% of cost. No equipment was traded in on this equipment.

for both pieces of equipment:

1. compute the straight-line depreciation.

2. compute the double declining balance depreciation.

Explanation / Answer



1 SLM Cost of machine $                300,000.00 Salvage value (5%*$300,000) $                  15,000.00 $                285,000.00 Life of equipment 5yrs Depreciation as per SLM 285,000/5 $                  57,000.00