During the Period from 2013 to the End of 2014

question 84

Multiple Choice

During the period from 2013 to the end of 2014, Excellence, Inc. spent $90,000 on research and development for an invention that was patented on January 1, 2015. Excellence estimated that the patented invention would be useful in its production for 10 years. At the beginning of 2017, Excellence paid $16,000 in legal fees in a successful defense of the patent. What is Excellence's patent amortization expense for 2017?

• A) $25,000
• B) $11,000
• C) $10,600
• D) $2,000

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Definitions:

Addition Rule

A principle in probability stating that the probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events is the sum of their individual probabilities, minus the probability of both occurring together.

Possible Outcomes

The set of all distinct outcomes that can result from a particular statistical experiment or random event.

Events

Occurrences or happenings, especially significant ones that can be statistically analyzed.

Possible Outcomes

Refers to all the potential results that can occur in any probabilistic or random event.