A Company Purchased a Machine for $75,000 That Was Expected

question 4

Essay

A company purchased a machine for $75,000 that was expected to last 6 years and have a salvage value of $6,000.At the beginning of the machine's fourth year the company decided that the machine's estimated useful life should be revised to a total of 10 years instead of 6 years.Also,the salvage value was re-estimated to be $5,500.Straight-line depreciation was used throughout the machine's life.Calculate the depreciation expense for the fourth year of the machine's useful life.

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Definitions:

Net Present Value

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment or project, calculated by subtracting the initial investment from the present value of future cash flows.

Internal Rate Of Return

The discount rate at which the net present value of an investment project is zero; the rate of return promised by a project over its useful life.

Discount Rate

The rate of interest employed to calculate today's value of anticipated future cash streams in discounted cash flow evaluation.

Discount Rate

An interest rate used to discount future cash flows to their present value, often applied in capital budgeting and investment valuation.