Answer to Question #293376 in Financial Math for Samuel niyeta

Question

2. A company purchased machinery that cost 510,000. It is estimated that the machine will be operated for 100,000 hours over its useful life and have a residual value of 10,000.

Required:

A) what is the rate of depreciation per hour?

B) journalize the entry for annual depreciation if the machine had been operated for 22,000 hours?

Answer 1

a)$\frac{510000-10000}{100000}=\frac{500 000}{100 000}=5$

b)$22000\times5=110 000$

Debit main production credit depreciation - 110 000