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Suppose Ms. Smith sells her 2018 Honda Fit next year. The original cost of the vehicle was $10,000. During the time she has owned the car she has taken $3,000 dollars of deprecation on it. Ms. Williams sells the car for $9,000. What is result of the transaction

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Answer:

transaction would be a profit of $ 2,000.

Explanation:

Given:-

- The original cost of the vehicle, C = $ 10,000

- The depreciation of the vehicle until the time of selling, d = $3,000

- The price at which the vehicle is sold, S = $ 9,000

Find:-

What is result of the transaction

Solution:-

- Whenever an asset is bought the value of the asset depreciates. There are several tools and methods to estimate the amount of depreciation.

- After n years of possession of car / since manufactured the asset undergoes depreciation until its sold or salvaged.

- Here Ms Smith possessed her car for a certain amount of time t years.

- The accumulated depreciation at the time she sold her car was " d ".

- So at the point of selling her car the actual worth or value of her car was ( C* ):

C* = C - d

C* = $10,000 - $3,000

C* = $7,000

- Now her car's value is ( C* ). If she sells her for " S " higher than current asset worth then she will profit from it otherwise she would sustain a loss in her selling transaction. So the net asset worth she would have after selling her car would be:

Net Worth = S - C*

Net Worth = $9,000 - $ 7,000

Net Worth = $ 2,000

Answer: The net worth is a positive value that means she sold her car for higher value than its worth; hence, the transaction would be a profit of $ 2,000.

User Rodurico
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Answer:

An ordinary gain of $2,000

Explanation:

Cost of the vehicle(C)=$10,000

Depreciation(D)=$3,000

Selling price(S)=$9,000

Worth of the vehicle= Cost price - depreciation

=$10,000-3,000

=$7,000

Net worth= selling price - worth of the vehicle

=$9,000-$7,000

=$2,000

User Yonder
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