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1. In recent years, Freeman Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depre- ciation method for each bus, and various methods were selected. Information concerning the buses is summarized below. Residual Useful Life Bus Acquired Cost Value in Years Depreciation Method 1 1/1/15 96,000 6,000 5 Straight-line 2 1/1/15 140,000 10,000 4 Declining-balance 3 1/1/16 92,000 8,000 5 Units-of-activity N For the declining-balance method, the company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total miles are expected to be 120,000. Actual miles of use in the first 3 years were 2016, 24,000; 2017, 36,000; and 2018, 31,000. Instructions (a) Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each bus at December 31, 2017. (b) If Bus 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of January 1, what is the depreciation expense for this bus in (1) 2015 and (2) 2016