On April 2, 2017, AlJalai Inc. acquired a new machine. The cost was $180,000 with a residual value of $20,000 at the end of its estimated useful lifetime of 5 years.

Instructions

1. Prepare a complete depreciation schedule, beginning with calendar year 2017, under each of the methods listed below (with fractional years rounded to the nearest whole month):
   
   1. Straight-line
   2. 200 percent declining-balance 
   3. 150 percent declining-balance
2. Assume that AlJalai Inc. sells the machine on December 31, 2019, for $75,000 cash. Compute the resulting gain or loss from this sale under each of the depreciation methods used in part a.

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