Depreciation by Three Methods; Partial Years

Perdue Company purchased equipment on October 1 for $46,750. The equipment was expected to have a useful life of three years, or 6,400 operating hours, and a residual value of $1,950. The equipment was used for 1,200 hours during Year 1, 2,200 hours in Year 2, 1,900 hours in Year 3, and 1,100 hours in Year 4.

Required:

Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4, by (a) the straight-line method, (b) the units-of-activity method, and (c) the double-declining-balance method.

Note: Round all final values for each depreciation method and each year to the nearest whole dollar.

a. Straight-line method b. Units-of-activity method nnhle-declining-balance method