Caricature's Inc

question 14

Multiple Choice

Caricature's Inc.bought new computers on January 1 for $18,000 to improve the quality of their animation.The computers have a useful life of 8 years but Caricature's Inc.thinks that continuing technology developments will likely mean they will replace the computers after 4 years, at which time they will be worth $2,000.If they use straight-line amortization the amortization expense for the first year will be:

• A)$2,000
• B)$2,250
• C)$4,000
• D)$4,500

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