Question $4$ of $29$

Samson Inc. has a $12/31$ year$-$end. On December $1,2018,$ Samson purchases a machine at a cost of $$144,000.$ Samson estimates the machine will have a salvage value of $$17,000$ and a useful life of $9$ years or $2,300$ working hours. Compute depreciation expense for $2019$ under the the straight$-$line method.

Samson Industries Inc. should recotyize the following depreciation expense for $2019$ under the the straight$-$line method:

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$($Round your final answer to the nearest dollar.$)$