Baker, inc. uses the sum-of-the-years’-digits method to depreciate a $79,600.00 piece of equipment that has an estimated life of 20 years. the salvage value is $4,000.00. the book value at the end of year 2 is

Using the sum of the years digits method

Step 1:

We sum up all the digits of the estimated life of equipment.

i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 = 210

Step 2:

We count the years spent from the back. i.e. year 2 is equivalent to 19 in the years digits.

Given that the cost of the equipment is $79,600.00 with a salvage value of $4,000.00. This means that the depreciable amount of the equipment is given by $79,600.00 - $4,000.00 = $75,600.00

The depreciation charge on the equipment for year 1 is given by



while the depreciation charge on the equipment for year 2 is given by



The book value of an equipment is given by the cost of the equipment minus the accumulated depreciation.

Therefore, the book value of the equipment at the end of year 2 is given by

$79,600 - $7,200 - $6,840 = $65,560

When i did the math i got 11 cm