At the beginning of the year, Palermo Brothers, Inc., purchased a new plastic water bottle-making machine at a cost of $45,000. The estimated residual value was $5,000. Assume that the estimated useful life was four years and the estimated productive life of the machine was 400,000 units. Actual annual production was as follows:

Required:
1. Complete a separate depreciation schedule for each of the alternative methods. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.
a. Straight-line.
b. Units-of-production (use two decimal places for the per unit output factor).
c. Double-declining-balance.

2. Assuming that the machine was used directly in the production of one of the products that the company manufactures and sells, what factors might management consider in selecting a preferable depreciation method in conformity with the expense recognition principle?

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Year 1 2 3 4 Units 120,000 90,000 110,000 80,000