Book value of fixed assets

Cannington Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related software. Cannington also manufactures and

distributes music players $($cPod$),$ mobile phones $($cPhone$),$ and smartwatches $($Cannington Watch$)$ along with related accessories and

services, including online distribution of third$-$party music, videos, and applications. The following information was taken from a

recent annual report of Cannington:

Property, Plant, and Equipment $($in millions$)$:

a$.$ Compute the book value of the fixed assets for the current year and the preceding year.

Current year book value $($in millions$)$ $

Preceding year book value $($in millions$)$ $

A comparison of the book values of the current and preceding years indicates that they.

$.$ A comparison of the

total cost and accumulated depreciation reveals that Cannington purchased $

million of additional fixed assets, which

was offset by the additional depreciation expense of $

million taken during the current year.

b$.$ Would you normally expect Cannington's book value of fixed assets to increase or decrease during the year?

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