Colorado Mining paid $$539,000$ to acquire a mine with $49,000$ tons of coal reserves. The financial statements model in Required $B$ reflects Colorado Mining's financial condition just prior to purchasing the coal reserves. The company extracted $25,725$ tons of coal in year $1$ and $22,050$ tons in year $2.$

Required:

a$.$ Compute the depletion charge per ton.

b$.$ Record the acquisition of the coal reserves and the depletion expense for years $1$ and $2$ in a financial statements model.

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Compute the depletion charge per ton.

Depletion charge per ton

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