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Straight-line

Under the straight-line method, companies expense the same amount of depreciation for each year of the asset’s useful life. It is measured solely by the passage of time. In order to compute depreciation expense under the straight-line method, companies need to determine depreciable cost.  Under the straight line method, to determine annual depreciation expense, we divide depreciable cost by the asset’s useful life.

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