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Same total, different timing

Switch between straight-line, units-of-production, and double-declining-balance and watch the yearly expense change while the total stays at $9,000.

Year 1
$1,800
Year 2
$1,800
Year 3
$1,800
Year 4
$1,800
Year 5
$1,800
Total$9,000

spreads evenly. The ties it to actual output. Both start from the same fact: minus , divided across the asset's .

, an method, applies twice the straight-line rate to each year — ignoring salvage until book value reaches it, then stopping exactly there.