Straight-line Depreciation
Straight-line depreciation is a depreciation method that results in a constant reduction of an assets written down value over the useful life of the asset, providing its residual value does not change.
The amount of depreciation due for a given period can be calculated by mulitiplying the difference between the WDRC of an asset at the start of the period and its residual value by the period in days and dividing the answer by the assets RUL, i.e.
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