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A truck cost $68,500 and has accumulated depreciation of $27,400. What book value remains?

Correct Answer

D) $41,100

Book value is original cost less accumulated depreciation.

Answer Options
A
$27,400
B
$34,250
C
$38,600
D
$41,100

Why This Is the Correct Answer

Book value is original cost less accumulated depreciation.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Option A: $27,400

$27,400 is below the supported result for equipment book value; it likely uses the wrong base, period, or account bucket.

Option B: $34,250

$34,250 is below the supported result for equipment book value; it likely uses the wrong base, period, or account bucket.

Option C: $38,600

$38,600 is below the supported result for equipment book value; it likely uses the wrong base, period, or account bucket.

Memory Technique

Original and cost live in different drawers; Checks Fixed-Asset tells which opens.

Reference Hint

Open-book path: tab Builder's Guide to Accounting, 2001 to Section Two, Equipment Records, Depreciation and Depreciation Methods; use the job ledger figures in the stem and recompute the same accounting measure.

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