Kari purchased machinery with a cost of $$65,000$ and a useful life of $6$ years. The residual value is expected to be $$10,000.$

Calculate depreciation expense for the second year of the asset's life, assuming Kari utilises the reducing balance method at $1\mathrm{.}5x$ the straight$-$line rate.

$($Round your final answer to the nearest whole number and ignore the $ sign$).$