Comparing three depreciation methods

Dexter Industries purchased packaging equipment on January 8 for $90,000. The equipment was expected to have a useful life of three years, or 22,500 operating hours, and a residual value of $4,500. The equipment was used for 9,000 hours during Year 1, 6,750 hours in Year 2, and 6,750 hours in Year 3.

Required:

1. Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the three years ending December 31, by (a) the straight-line method, (b) the units-of-activity method, and (c) the double-declining-balance method. Also determine the total depreciation expense for the three years by each method. Round the final answers for each year to the nearest whole dollar.

Year	Straight-line method	Units of activity method	double balancing line method
year 1	$	$	$
year 2	$	$	$
year 3	$	$	$
total	$	$	$