A Factory Machine Was Purchased for $70,000 on January 1

question 135

Multiple Choice

A factory machine was purchased for $70,000 on January 1, 2014. It was estimated that it would have a $14,000 salvage value at the end of its 5-year useful life. It was also estimated that the machine would be run 40,000 hours in the 5 years. If the actual number of machine hours ran in 2014 was 4,000 hours and the company uses the units-of-activity method of depreciation, the amount of depreciation expense for 2014 would be

• A) $7,000.
• B) $11,200.
• C) $14,000.
• D) $5,600.