Book Value of Fixed Assets Cannington, Inc., designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related software. The following information was taken from a recent annual report of Cannington: Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions): Current Year Preceding Year Land and buildings $550,900 $319,522 Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software 523,355 413,175 Other fixed assets related to leases 666,589 501,319 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (699,643) (583,954) a. Compute the book value of the fixed assets for the current year and the preceding year. Current year book value $ Preceding year book value A comparison of the book values of the current and preceding years indicates that they increased million of additional fixed assets, which was offset by the additional depreciation expense of $ b. Would you normally expect the book value of fixed assets to increase or decrease during the year? Increase A comparison of the total cost and accumulated depreciation reveals that Cannington purchased $ million taken during the current year.