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 recent annual report of Cannington: Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions): Current Year Preceding Year Land and buildings $543,560 $315,265 Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software 516,382 407,670 Other fixed assets 494,640 657,708 (690,321) Accumulated depreciation and amortization (576,174) 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? Check My Work Previous Next > All work saved. Email Instructor Save and Exit Submit Assignment for Grading