Crane Company purchased a delivery truck for $$48,000$ on July $1,2025.$ The truck has an expected salvage value of $$6,000,$ and is expected to be driven $100,000$ miles over its estimated useful life of $8$ years. Actual miles driven were $15,000$ in $2025$ and $12,000$ in $2026.$ Crane uses the straight$-$line method of depreciation.

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Compute depreciation expense for $2025$ and $2026.$

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Prepare the journal entry to record $2025$ deprecitation