Aston Company acquired a new machine at a cost of $200,000 and incurred costs of $2,000 to

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Aston Company acquired a new machine at a cost of $200,000 and incurred costs of $2,000 to have the machine shipped to its factory. Aston also paid $4,500 to construct and prepare a site for the new machine and $3,500 to install the necessary electrical connections. Aston estimates that the useful life of this new machine will be 5 years and that it will have a salvage value of $15,000 at the end of that period. Assuming that Aston acquired the machine on January 1 and will take a full year's depreciation in the first year of ownership, the proper amount of depreciation expense to be recorded by Aston for the first year if it uses the double-declining-balance method is

A). $80,800

B). $74,000

C). $84,000

D). $78,000