Number of Trucks to Be Estimated Residual Retired at Year-End Value per Truck Year $4,000 4,000 2,000 2020 2 2021 6 2022 8 2023 4 Cheadle actually retired the trucks according to the following schedule (assume each truck was retired at the beginning of the year): Number of Trucks Retired Total Proceeds from Retirements Year $ 4,000 11,000 19,000 6,000 4,000 1,000 2020 1 2021 3 2022 6 2023 5 2024 3 2025 2

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Cheadle Company purchased a fleet of 20 delivery trucks for $8,000 each on January 2, 2019. It decided to use composite depreciation on a straight-line basis and calculated the depreciation from the following schedule:                 1. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the preceding events.        2. Assume that the company expected all the trucks to last 4 years and be retired for $1,600 each. Using group depreciation, prepare journal entries for all 6 years, assuming the company retired the trucks as shown by the latter schedule.

Number of Trucks to Be
Estimated Residual
Retired at Year-End
Value per Truck
Year
$4,000
4,000
2,000
2020
2
2021
6
2022
8
2023
4
Cheadle actually retired the trucks according to the following schedule (assume each truck was retired at the
beginning of the year):
Number of Trucks Retired
Total Proceeds from
Retirements
Year
$ 4,000
11,000
19,000
6,000
4,000
1,000
2020
1
2021
3
2022
6
2023
5
2024
3
2025
2
Transcribed Image Text:Number of Trucks to Be Estimated Residual Retired at Year-End Value per Truck Year $4,000 4,000 2,000 2020 2 2021 6 2022 8 2023 4 Cheadle actually retired the trucks according to the following schedule (assume each truck was retired at the beginning of the year): Number of Trucks Retired Total Proceeds from Retirements Year $ 4,000 11,000 19,000 6,000 4,000 1,000 2020 1 2021 3 2022 6 2023 5 2024 3 2025 2
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