QUESTIONS 45 THROUGH 68 RELATE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS

61. A Mexican corporation is computing the depreciation expense of a piece of

manufacturing equipment for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 using the

information below. The company takes a full year’s depreciation in the year of

acquisition.

Date of purchase January 1, 2010

Cost of equipment MXN 2,000,000

Estimated residual value MXN 200,000

Expected useful life 10 years

Total productive capacity 5,000,000 units

Production in 2010 800,000 units

The depreciation expense (in MXN) will most likely be:

A. 180,000 lower using the straight-line method compared with the double-declining

balance method.

B. 140,000 higher using the units-of-production method compared with the straight-line

method.

C. 112,000 higher using the double-declining method compared with the units-of-

production method.