A company would minimize its depreciation expense in the first year of owning an asset if it used:

a. a high estimated life, a high salvage value, and declining balance depreciation.

b. a low estimated life, a high salvage value, and straight-line depreciation.

c. a high estimated life, a high salvage value, and straight-line depreciation.

d. a low estimated life, a low salvage value, and declining balance depreciation.