On January 1, a company purchases a capital asset with a four-year useful life and no residual value. The asset will be used each year to produce 50,000 units of inventory for sale. Which of the following depreciation methods will result in the lowest net income in the first year?

a) The straight-line method.

b) The 30% declining-balance method.

c) The units-of-activity method.

d) One cannot tell without knowing the original cost of the asset.

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On January 1, a company purchases a capital asset with a four-year useful life and no residual value. The asset will be used each year to produce 50,000 units of inventory for sale. Which of the following depreciation methods will result in the lowest net income in the first year? The straight-line method. The 30% declining-balance method. The units-of-activity method. One cannot tell without knowing the original cost of the asset