Explore Incorporated is a new start$-$up specializing in renting camper vans. On January $1,$ Year $1,$ the company purchased a new camper van with a total cost of $$82,000.$ The company estimates that the van will have a $10-$year useful life and a salvage value of $$10,000.$ The company has elected to depreciate the van using the double$-$declining$-$balance method.

Required:

a$.$ Determine the amount of depreciation expense to be recognized on the van at the end of Year $1?$

b$.$ Determine the amount of accumulated depreciation at the end of Year $2.$

a$.$ Depreciation at the end of Year $1$

b$.$ Accumulated depreciation