Required: 1. The cost of depreciation. The asset being deprecated is a large piece of production machinery equipment where the straight-line depreciation method is used. letter 2. The cost of operating a forklit. The forcift is used to move work-in-process inventory in groups of 100 units across the factory floor. letter 3. The cost of direct materials. The first 2,000 pounds of direct materials are free because they are donated by the local city government. After that, the direct materials cost consists of a per-unit amount that decreases after a threshold of 2,500 total pounds is reached. letter 4. The cost or inspecting Minished goods inventory. Each unit is inspected by a quality expert who is paid the same amount for each unit inspected. letter 5. The cost of product shipping for all output shipped in the period. The shipping cost per unit decreases with each unit shipped up to a certain number of units, at which time the shipping cost per unit remains constant. letter 6. The cost of compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. An electric car plant manufactures car batteries. Part of the manufacturing process Involves the emission of toxic chemicals into the environment, which is regulated by the EPA in the form of a fee assessed on a per unit manufactured basis. The per-unit cost of complying with these regulations increases with every lifth battery produced letter