Perdue Company purchased equipment on April 1 for $86,670. The equipment was expected to have a useful life of three years, or 6,480 operating hours, and a residual value of $2,430. The equipment was used for 1,200 hours during Year 1, 2,300 hours in Year 2, 1,900 hours in Year 3, and 1,080 hours in Year 4. Required:

Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4, by:

a. the straight-line method

b. units-of-output method.

c. the double-dedining-balance method.

Consider the market for gas-powered small cars. assume gas-powered small cars are a normal good. for each of the following events, identify which of the determinants of demand or supply are affected. if demand is unaffected by this event because it creates only a supply change, select the “none” option under the “demand determinant” column. similarly, if supply is unaffected by this event because it creates only a demand change, select the “none” option under the “supply determinant” column. event demand determinant supply determinant people decide to have more children. the price of electric small cars falls. the discovery of a new source of iron ore lowers steel prices. an economic recession lowers people’s wealth. a number of major car dealers decide to switch from selling gas-powered cars to selling electric cars. show the effect of the following event on the market for gas-powered small cars: people decide to have more children for each of the four independent situations, prepare the journal entries to record the exchange on the books of each company.