Murgatroyd Co. purchased equipment on January 1, 2016, for $480,000, estimating a four-year useful life and no residual value. In 2016 and 2017, Murgatroyd depreciated the asset using the sum-of-years'-digits method. In 2018, Murgatroyd changed to straight-line depreciation for this equipment. What depreciation would Murgatroyd record for the year 2018 on this equipment? (Do not round your depreciation rate.)

$ 72,000.

$120,000.

None of these answer choices are correct.

$144,000.