Refer to the data given for Surkis Company in BE9-5. Assume instead that the company uses the diminishing-balance method and that the diminishing-balance depreciation rate is double the straight-line rate. Calculate the depreciation expense

In BE9-5

Surkis Company acquires equipment at a cost of $42,000 on January 3, 2014. Management estimates the equipment will have a residual value of $6,000 at the end of its four-year useful life. Assume the company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. Calculate the depreciation expense

(a) For each year of the equipment's life,

(b) In total over the equipment's life.