Determining patent amortization

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Granite Enterprises acquired a patent from Southern Research Corporation on 1/1/09 for $4 million. The patent will be used for five years, even though its legal life is 20 years. Rocky Corporation has made a commitment to purchase the patent from Granite for $200,000 at the end of five years. Compute Granite's patent amortization for 2009, assuming the straight-line method is used.

A. $380,000

B. $400,000

C. $760,000

D. $800,000

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