Listed Below Are Several Long-Lived Assets Owned by X Corp

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Essay

Listed below are several long-lived assets owned by X Corp. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Assume in all cases that the asset's first and last years are full years, and that all assumptions and estimates used to derive depreciation remain unchanged throughout the assets' useful lives. Required:
For each asset, calculate the depreciation expense for the last year of the assets' useful lives.
Show your calculations.

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Definitions:

Lens

An optical device that bends and focuses light rays, used in glasses, cameras, and various optical instruments.

Ophthalmoscope

A tool used by healthcare professionals to examine the interior of the eye, including the retina and optic nerve.

Optic Chiasm

An X-shaped structure formed by the crossing over of the optic nerves, allowing visual information from both eyes to be processed by both hemispheres of the brain.

Retina

The light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye which converts light into neural signals sent to the brain.