CarMax wishes to exchange a pre fab building used in its operations CarMax has received three offers from other companies in the industry, each of which lacks commercial substance MCI WorldCom offered to exchange a Gulfstream G 450 jet, and pay $46,100 US Pharmaceutical offered to exchange a Black Veatch knuckleboom loader, and pay $68,600 Dyna Flex offered to exchange a Komatsu 120 ton truck, and pay $43,800 Information concerning each of the assets to be exchanged is noted below Cost Accum Depn Fair Value CarMax pre fab building 315,000 240,000 187,800 MCI WorldCom Gulfstream G 450 jet 240,000 190,100 141,700 US Pharmaceutical Black Veatch knuckleboom loader 315,000 240,000 119,200 Dyna Flex Komatsu 120 ton truck 150,000 65,000 144,000 Based on the three offers above and assuming CarMax uses the straight line method of depreciation with a salvage value of $2,300 an estimated useful life of 4 years, what is the annual depreciation expense of the exchanged asset that produces the least amount of depreciation expense for CarMax in future years

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CarMax wishes to exchange a pre-fab building used in its operations. CarMax has received three offers from other companies in the industry, each of which

CarMax wishes to exchange a pre-fab building used in its operations. CarMax has received three offers from other companies in the industry, each of which lacks commercial substance: MCI WorldCom offered to exchange a Gulfstream G-450 jet, and pay $46,100. US Pharmaceutical offered to exchange a Black & Veatch knuckleboom loader, and pay $68,600. Dyna-Flex offered to exchange a Komatsu 120-ton truck, and pay $43,800. Information concerning each of the assets to be exchanged is noted below:

	Cost	Accum Depn	Fair Value
CarMax--pre-fab building	315,000	240,000	187,800
MCI WorldCom--Gulfstream G-450 jet	240,000	190,100	141,700
US Pharmaceutical--Black & Veatch knuckleboom loader	315,000	240,000	119,200
Dyna-Flex--Komatsu 120-ton truck	150,000	65,000	144,000

Based on the three offers above and assuming CarMax uses the straight-line method of depreciation with a salvage value of $2,300 an estimated useful life of 4 years, what is the annual depreciation expense of the exchanged asset that produces the least amount of depreciation expense for CarMax in future years?