Problem 9-8A In recent years, Sandhill Co. has purchased three machines. Because of frequent employee turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant was in charge of selecting the depreciation method for each machine, and various methods have been used. Information concerning the machines is summarized in the table below. Salvage Value Useful Life Depreciation Method Acquired an. 1, 2015 July 1, 2016 Nov. 1, 2016 Machine Cost Straight-line Declining-balance Units-of-activity $49,000 $137,000 $4900hyears) 96,000 12,100 69,000 9,000 For the declining-balance method, Sandhill Co. uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total machine hours are expected to be 30,000. Actual hours of use in the first 3 years were: 2016, 720; 2017, 5,500; and 2018, 7,200 Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each machine at December 31, 2018 MACHINE 1 MACHINE 2 MACHINE 3 Accumulated Depreciation at December 31 s If machine 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of July 1, what would be the depreciation expense for this machine in 2016? In 2017? 2016 2017 Depreciation Expense