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Wardell Company purchased a minicomputer on January 1, 2016, at a cost of $54,000. The computer was depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated five-year life with an estimated residual value of $6,000. On January 1, 2018, the estimate of useful life was changed to a total of 10 years, and the estimate of residual value was changed to $3,600.

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1. Prepare the year-end journal entry for depreciation in 2018. No depreciation was recorded during the year.
2. Prepare the year-end journal entry for depreciation in 2018. Assume that the company uses the sum-of-the-years' -digits method instead of the straight-line method.

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