Calculator 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 industries: Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions): Current Year Preceding Year Land and buildings $588,680 $341,434 Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software 559,246 441,510 Other fixed assets related to leases 712,303 535,699 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (747,624) (624,001) 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 A comparison of the total cost and accumulated depreciation reveals that Carrington 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 the book value of fixed assets to increase or decrease during the year? Previous Next > Chuck My Work 1 more Check My Work uses remaining Email restructor Submit Test for Grading All work saved o e in