On March $1,2021,$ Sunshine paid $$122,000$ for a new copy machine. It was estimated that the machine would produce $850,000$ copies over the next $5$ years, at which time it could be sold for $$20,000.$

The copy machine made the following number of copies during its life:

$2021110,000$ copies

$2022168,000$ copies

$2023154,000$ copies

$2024143,000$ copies

$202587,500$ copies

It was sold on June $1,2025$ for $$22,200.$

Assuming Sunshine uses the Double Declining Balance method of depreciation, calculate $2024$ depreciation expense:

Select one:

a$.$ $$20,760$

b$.$ $$9,280$

c$.$ $$11,712$

d$.$ $$17,160$

e$.$ $$40,667$