Blue Highway Bus Lines uses the units-of-activity method indepreciating its buse
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Question
Blue Highway Bus Lines uses the units-of-activity method indepreciating its buses. One bus was purchased on January 1, 2007,at a cost of $120,000. Over its 4-year useful life, the bus isexpected to be driven 160,000 miles. Salvage value is expected tobe $8,000. (Round all answers to 2 decimalplaces.)
Compute the depreciation cost per unit. $ per mile
Prepare a depreciation schedule assuming actual mileage was:2007, 40,000; 2008, 52,000; 2009, 41,000; and 2010, 27,000.
2007
Annual depreciation $ Book Value $
2008
Annual depreciation $ Book Value $
2009
Annual depreciation $ Book Value $
2010
Annual depreciation $ Book Value $
Explanation / Answer
Depreciation cost per unit 120,000 -8,000 = 0.70 / mile 160,000 Yr Cost Miles Depreciation Bookvalue 2007 120,000 40,000 28,000 92,000 2008 52,000 36,400 55,600 2009 41,000 28,700 26,900 2010 27,000 18,900 8,000