Wardell company purchased a minicomputer on january 1 2011


1.Wardell Company purchased a minicomputer on January 1, 2011, at a cost of $40,000. The computer was depreciated using the straight line method over an estimated five year life with an estimated residual value of $4,000. On January 1, 2013, the estimate of useful life was changed to a total of 10 years, and the estimate of residual value was changed to $900.

Required:
1. Prepare the appropriate adjusting entry for depreciation in 2013 to reflect the revised estimate.
2. Repeat requirement 1 assuming that the company uses the sum of the years  digits method instead of the straight line method.

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