Riener Hospital Has an X-Ray Machine with a Book Value

question 31

Multiple Choice

Riener Hospital has an x-ray machine with a book value of $60,000 and a remaining useful life of three years.At the end of the three years the equipment will have a zero salvage value.The market value of the equipment is currently $32,000.Riener can purchase a new machine for $145,000 and receive $28,000 in return for trading in its old machine.The new machine will reduce variable manufacturing costs by $27,000 per year over the three-year life of the new machine.The total increase or decrease in net income by replacing the current machine with the new machine (ignoring the time value of money) is:

• A)$22,000 decrease
• B)$76,000 increase
• C)$18,000 decrease
• D)$52,000 increase
• E)$22,000 increase

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Definitions:

UCS

An acronym for Unconditioned Stimulus, which in classical conditioning theory is an event that naturally and automatically triggers a specific response without previous conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

A process of learning that takes place when there is a connection between an environmental trigger and a stimulus that occurs naturally.

Previously Neutral

Refers to a stimulus that initially elicits no innate response until it is paired with an unconditioned stimulus in the learning process of classical conditioning.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.