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A stone and gravel quarry in Texas can use a percentage
depletion rate of 5% of gross income, or a
cost depletion rate of $1.28 per ton. Quarry first
cost = $3.2 million; estimated total tonnage = 2.5
million tons; tonnage this year = 65,000; gross income
= $40 per ton. Of the two depletion charges,
the method and larger amount are:
(a) Percentage at $83,200
(b) Percentage at $130,000
(c) Cost at $80,000
(d) Cost at $130,000
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