What would be the depreciation expense for machine

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In recent years, Farr Company has purchased three machines. Because of frequent employee turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant was in charge of selecting the depreciation method for each machine, and various methods have been used. Information concerning the machines is summarized in the table below.

Machine

Acquired

Cost

Salvage
Value

Useful Life
(in years)

Depreciation
Method

1

Jan. 1, 2012

$129,000

$31,800

9

Straight-line

2

July 1, 2013

97,000

10,700

5

Declining-balance

3

Nov. 1, 2013

73,270

7,270

6

Units-of-activity

For the declining-balance method, Farr Company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total machine hours are expected to be 33,000. Actual hours of use in the first 3 years were: 2013, 680; 2014, 5,170; and 2015, 6,390.

Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each machine at December 31, 2015.

If machine 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of July 1, what would be the depreciation expense for this machine in 2013? In 2014?

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