Caterpillars, inc., a manufacturing company, acquired equipment on january 1, 2014 for $530,000. estimated useful life of the equipment was seven years and the estimated residual value was $13,000. on january 1, 2017, after using the equipment for three years, the total estimated useful life has been revised to nine total years. residual value remains unchanged. the company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. calculate depreciation expense for 2017. (round any intermediate calculations to two decimal places, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.) a. $50,476 b. $49,238 c. $57,444 d. $58,889

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)

Acompany sells garden hoses and uses the perpetual inventory system to account for its merchandise. the beginning balance of the inventory and its transactions during september were as follows:

Discretionary spending: $450 per month new car insurance: $175 per month gas: $100 per month used car insurance: $125 per month gas: $100 per month according to your research, you need to budgetfor insurance and gasoline if you choose to buy or lease the new car. if you choose to buy the used car, you need to budget for insurance and gas.