Acompany purchased factory equipment on april 1, 2021 for $160,000. it is estimated that the equipment will have a $20,000 salvage value at the end of its 10-year useful life. using the straight-line method of depreciation, the amount to be recorded as depreciation expense at december 31, 2021 is a. $16,000.

$10,500

Explanation:

The computation of the depreciation expense under the straight line method is shown below:

= (Original cost - residual value) ÷ (useful life)

= ($160,000 - $20,000) ÷ (10 years)

= ($140,000) ÷ (10 years)  

= $14,000

In this method, the depreciation is same for all the remaining useful life

Now for 9 months from April 1 to December 31, the depreciation expense would be

= $14,000 × 9 months ÷ 12 months

= $10,500

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