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Lasting Life Clubs purchased exercise equipment at a cost of $$95,000$ ?each. In addition, Lasting Life paid $$1,980$ ?for a special platform on which to stabilize the equipment for use. Freight costs of $$2,250$ ?to ship the equipment were paid by the equipment supplier. Lasting Life will depreciate the equipment by the units$-$of$-$production method, based on an expected useful life of $50,000$ ?hours of exercise. The estimated residual value of the equipment is $$9,500.$ ?How many hours of usage can Lasting Life expect from the equipment if the budgeted desereciation expense is $$10,200$ ?for the year? Why would management choose the units$-$of$-$production method and not one of the other methods?

The depreciation for each unit $($hour$)$ ?of use is $ $q,($Round your answer to the nearest cent.$)$