Whispering Company purchased machinery on January $1,2025,$ for $$88,800.$ The machinery is estimated to have a salvage value of $$8,880$ after a useful life of $8$ years.

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Compute $2025$ depreciation expense using the sum$-$of$-$the$-$years'$-$digits method.

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Compute $2025$ depreciation expense using the sum$-$of$-$the$-$years'$-$digits method, assuming the machinery was purchased on April $1,2025.($Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answer to $0$ decimal places, e$.$g$.5,125.)$

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