Montello Inc. purchases a delivery truck for $25,000. The truck has a salvage value of $5,000 and is expected to be driven for five years. Montello uses the straight-line depreciation method. Calculate the annual depreciation expense.  What is the year one book value?  What is the year three book value?

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A. Montello Inc. purchases a delivery truck for $25,000. The truck has a salvage value of $5,000 and is expected to be driven for five years. Montello uses the straight-line depreciation method.

  • Calculate the annual depreciation expense. 
  • What is the year one book value? 
  • What is the year three book value? 

B. Montello Inc. purchases a delivery truck for $25,000. The truck has a salvage value of $5,000 and is expected to be driven for 125,000 miles. Montello uses the units-of-production depreciation method and the expected miles per year for the five years are:

  1. 27,500 miles.
  2. 30,250 miles.
  3. 26,750 miles.
  4. 21,000 miles.
  5. 19,500 miles.
  • What is the depreciable cost per mile?   (round to two decimal places and format per text)

Calculate the year one depreciation expense. 

  • What is the year one book value? 
  • Calculate the year three depreciation expense. 
  • What is the year three book value? 

C. Montello Inc. purchases a delivery truck for $25,000. The truck has a salvage value of $5,000 and is expected to be driven for five years. Montello uses the double-declining-balance depreciation method.

  • Calculate the year one depreciation expense. 
  • What is the year one book value? 
  • Calculate the year three depreciation expense. 
  • What is the year three book value? 
  • In what year is a "plug" amount used instead of the formula to calculate the depreciation expense? Year ___  (just type the number)
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