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Delicious Fried Chicken bought equipment on January $2,2025,$ for $$21,000.$ The equipment was expected to remain in service for four years and to operate for $3,600$ hours. At the end of the equipment's useful life, Delicious Fried Chicken estimates that its residual value will be $$3,000.$ The equipment operated for $360$ hours the first year, $1,080$ hours the second year, $1,440$ hours the third year, and $720$ hours the fourth year.

Read the requirements.

Requirement $1.$ Prepare a schedule of depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and book value per year for the equipment under the three depreciation methods: straight$-$line, units$-$of$-$production, and double$-$declining$-$balance. Show your computations. Note: Three depreciation schedules must be prepared.

Begin by preparing a depreciation schedule using the straight$-$line method.

Straight$-$Line Depreciation Schedule

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