On January 1 Murphy Company Acquired a Machine with a Four-Year

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On January 1 Murphy Company acquired a machine with a four-year useful life.Murphy estimates the salvage value of the machine will be equal to ten percent of the acquisition cost.The company is debating between using either the double-declining-balance method or the sum-of-the-years'-digits method of depreciation.Comparing the depreciation expense for the first two years computed using these methods,the depreciation expense for the double-declining-balance method (compared to the sum-of-the-years'-digits method)will match which of the patterns shown below?

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Definitions:

No-Par Common Stock

Common stock issued without a par value that has been assigned for its shares.

Stated Value

A value assigned to a corporation's stock for accounting purposes, which may bear no relation to the market value.

Shares

Units of ownership interest in a corporation or financial asset that provide a share in the corporation's profits and a claim on its assets.

Paid-In Capital

The total amount of money raised by a company through the sale of shares to the shareholders, including additional amounts over the nominal value.