A plant asset with a five-year estimated useful life and no residual value is sold at the end of the second year of its useful life. How would using the straight-line method of depreciation versus the double-declining balance method of depreciation affect a gain on the sale of the plant asset?

Straight-line results in a higher gain

Impossible to determine from the information given

The gain would be the same under either method

Double-declining balance results in a higher gain