Question: Ceradyne, Inc. , reported the following items on its December 31, 2011, balance sheet ($ in thousands): Property, plant, and equipment, net ..... $428,562 Accumulated

Ceradyne, Inc. , reported the following items on its December 31, 2011, balance sheet ($ in thousands):

Property, plant, and equipment, net ..... $428,562

Accumulated depreciation ..........185,186

1. Compute Ceradyne’s historical cost of property, plant, and equipment on December 31, 2011.

2. If Ceradyne uses a 12-year economic life for computing straight-line depreciation on most of its assets, are most of its assets more than or less than 5 years old? Explain how you can determine this.


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