Depreciation calculation methods—partial year Freedom Co. purchased a new machine on July 2, 2013, at a total installed cost of $44,000. The machine has an estimated life of five years and an estimated salvage value of $6,000.
a. Calculate the depreciation expense for each year of the asset’s life using:
1. Straight-line depreciation.
2. Double-declining-balance depreciation.
3. 150% declining-balance depreciation.

b. How much depreciation expense should be recorded by Freedom Co. for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, under each of the three methods? (Note: The machine will have been used for one-half of its first year of life.)
c. Calculate the accumulated depreciation and net book value of the machine at December 31, 2014, under each of the three methods.

1. consider a two-firm industry. firm 1 (the incumbent) chooses a level of output qı. firm 2 (the potential entrant) observes qı and then chooses its level of output q2. the demand for the product is p 100 q, where q is the total output sold by the two firms which equals qi +q2. assume that the marginal cost of each firm is zero. a) find the subgame perfect equilibrium levels of qi and q2 keeping in mind that firm 1 chooses qi first and firm 2 observes qi and chooses its q2. find the profits of the two firms-n1 and t2- in the subgame perfect equilibrium. how do these numbers differ from the cournot equilibrium? b) for what level of qi would firm 2 be deterred from entering? would a rational firm 1 have an incentive to choose this level of qi? which entry condition does this market have: blockaded, deterred, or accommodated? now suppose that firm 2 has to incur a fixed cost of entry, f> 0. c) for what values of f will entry be blockaded? d) find out the entry deterring level of q, denoted by q1', a expression for firm l's profit, when entry is deterred, as a function of f. for what values of f would firm 1 use an entry deterring strategy?