Compute $2025$ depreciation expense using the double$-$declining$-$balance megthod.Kingbird Company purchased machinery on January $1,2025,$ for $$96,800.$ The machinery is estimated to have a salvage value of

$$9,680$ after a useful life of $8$ years.

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Compute $2025$ depreciation expense using the double$-$declining$-$balance method.

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