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On April 2, 2017, Victor, Inc. acquired a new piece of filtering equipment. The cost of the equipment was $400,000 with a residual value of $30,000 at the end of its estimated useful lifetime of 5 years. Assume that in its financial statements, Victor uses straight-line depreciation and rounds depreciation for fractional years to the nearest whole month. Depreciation recognized on this equipment in 2017 and 2018 will be:

Multiple Choice $74,000 in 2017 and $74,000 in 2018.

$80,000 in 2017 and $80,000 in 2018.

$30,000 in 2017 and $74,000 in 2018.

$55,500 in 2017 and $74,000 in 2018.