Apple, Inc. (AAPL), designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers (iPadM) and related software. Apple also manufactures...

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Apple, Inc. (AAPL), designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers (iPadM) and related software. Apple also manufactures and distributes music players (iPodM) along with related accessories and services, including the online distribution of third-party music. The following information was adapted from a recent annual report of Apple: Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions): Year 2 Year 1 Land and buildings $542,350 $314,563 Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software 515,233 406,763 Office furniture and equipment 81,353 70,506 Other fixed assets related to leases 656,244 493,539 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (688,785) (574,891) a. Compute the book value of the fixed assets for Years 1 and 2. Year 2 Year 1 million million b. Would you normally expect the book value of fixed assets to increase or decrease during the year? Increase Apple, Inc. (AAPL), designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers (iPadM) and related software. Apple also manufactures and distributes music players (iPodM) along with related accessories and services, including the online distribution of third-party music. The following information was adapted from a recent annual report of Apple: Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions): Year 2 Year 1 Land and buildings $542,350 $314,563 Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software 515,233 406,763 Office furniture and equipment 81,353 70,506 Other fixed assets related to leases 656,244 493,539 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (688,785) (574,891) a. Compute the book value of the fixed assets for Years 1 and 2. Year 2 Year 1 million million b. Would you normally expect the book value of fixed assets to increase or decrease during the year? Increase

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