Question: The amount $583817 in year 1 is incorrect. Please correct it. Book Value of Fixed Assets The following data (in millions) were adapted from recent
The amount $583817 in year 1 is incorrect. Please correct it.
Book Value of Fixed Assets
The following data (in millions) were adapted from recent annual reports of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS). UPS provides delivery and freight services throughout the world.
| Year 2 | Year 1 | |||
| Vehicles | $609,160 | $353,313 | ||
| Aircraft | 578,702 | 456,870 | ||
| Land | 91,374 | 79,191 | ||
| Building and improvements | 737,084 | 554,336 | ||
| Equipment | 785,816 | 779,725 | ||
| Construction in progress | 12,183 | 6,092 | ||
| Less accumulated depreciation | (773,633) | (645,710) |
a. Compute the book value of the fixed assets for years 1 and 2.
| Year 2 book value | $fill in the blank 1 million |
| Year 1 book value | $fill in the blank 2 million |
b. UPS appears to have
expandedreducedexpanded
its operations in year 2 from
salespurchasespurchases
of fixed assets. This is typical of
slowlyrapidlyrapidly
growing companies.
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