Use the Following Data for Questions 10 Through 17

question 58

Multiple Choice

Use the following data for questions 10 through 17. Each question is independent of the other questions.
Sawyer Corporation has a machine (Machine A) that it acquired on 1/1/14 for $540,000. On 12/31/14 such machines have a selling price and fair value of $621,000. When used in production, such machines have an estimated useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. Use the straight-line method.
Brown Corporation has a machine (Machine B) that it acquired on 1/1/14 for $729,000. On 12/31/14 such machines have a selling price and fair value of $540,000. When used in production, such machines have an estimated useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. Use the straight-line method.
On 12/31/14 Brown gave Machine B plus $81,000 cash to Sawyer in return for
Machine A.
-Given the assumption in 12 above except that the fair values of Machines A and B are $504,000 and $675,000, respectively, at what amount will Brown record Machine A?

• A) $656,100.
• B) $756,000.
• C) $675,000.
• D) $737,100.

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Definitions:

Chirality Centers

Specific atoms within a molecule that have four different groups attached, resulting in non-superimposable mirror images.

Chiral Molecule

A molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, often having a carbon atom bonded to four different groups.

Chiral

Describes a molecule that has a non-superimposable mirror image, often leading to molecules with distinct left-handed (S) and right-handed (R) configurations.

Achiral

Describing a molecule that is superimposable on its mirror image, indicating it has no handedness or enantiomers.