Book Value of Floed Astets Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions): a. Compute the book valve of the fixed assets for the current year and the preceding yesr. A comparias of the book values of the current and preceding years indicates that they A comparisen of the total cost and sccumulated depreciation reveals tha Cannington purchastd 1 million of additional fixed assets; which was effet by the additional deprecietion expense of 1 milion taken during the current year: b. Would you normally expect the book value of fixed atsets to increase or decrease during the year