Brief Exercise 9-13 Partially correct answer. Your answer is partially correct. Try again. Gordon Chemicals Company acquires a delivery truck at a cost of $40,500 on January 1, 2017. The truck is expected to have a salvage value of $4,000 at the end of its 5-year useful life. Assuming the declining-balance depreciation rate is double the straight-line rate, compute annual depreciation for the first and second years under the declining-balance method. First Year Second Year Annual depreciation under declining-balance method