On October, 1, 20X2, a company acquired a building to be used as its main office. It was bought by an amount of 500.000 with an estimated ueful life of 30 years and a residual value of 50.000 . The company applies the straight-line method of depreciation. On January,1, 20X9, managers decide to shorten the useful life of the building to a total of 18 years while increasing the residual value to 119.550 .

What would be the depreciation expense to be recorded in 20X9?

Select one:

a. 25.041

b. I want to leave this question blank

c. 26.064

d. 24.400

e. 25.484