On January 1, 2014, Castlewood Company purchased machinery for its production line for $104,000. Using an estimated useful life of eight years and a residual value of $8,000, the annual straight-line depreciation of the machinery was calculated to be $12,000. Castlewood used the machinery during 2014 and 2015, but then decided to automate its production process. On December 31, 2015, Castlewood sold the machinery at a loss of $5,000 and purchased new, fully automated machinery for $205,000.

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1. How would the previous transactions be presented on Castlewood’s statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015?

2. Why would Castlewood sell at a loss machinery that had a remaining useful life of six years and purchase new machinery with a cost almost twice that of the old?