Question

Oriole Company purchased for $8,767,800 a mine that is estimated to have 48,710,000 tons of ore and no salvage value. In the first year, 2,830,000 tons of ore are extracted. (a1) Calculate depletion cost per unit. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50.) Depletion cost per unit $enter the depletion cost per ton amount in dollars per ton

Answer 1

the depletion cost per unit is $0.18 per ton

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the depletion cost per unit is shown below;

We know that

Depletion cost per ton is

= (Total cost - salvage value) ÷ total estimated units

= ($8,767,800 - $0) ÷ 48,710,000

= $0.18 per ton

Hence, the depletion cost per unit is $0.18 per ton

we simply applied the above formula so that the depletion cost per ton could come