E11-2 Depreciation Methods Sorter Company purchased equipment for $200,000 on January 2, 2019. The equipment has an estimated service life of 8 years and an estimated residual value of $20,000.

Required:

Compute the depreciation expense for 2019 under each of the following methods:

1. straight-line

2. sum-of-the-years-digits

3. double-declining-balance

4. Next Level What effect does the depreciation of the equipment have on the analysis of rate of return?