Baseline, a nationwide franchise for environmental engineering services, has acquired new workstations and 3-D modeling software for its 100 affiliate sites at a cost of $4000 per site. The estimated...

Baseline, a nationwide franchise for environmental engineering services, has acquired new workstations and 3-D modeling software for its 100 affiliate sites at a cost of $4000 per site. The estimated salvage for each system after 3 years is expected to be 5% of the first cost. The franchise manager in the home office in San Francisco wants to compare the depreciation for a 3-year MACRS model (tax depreciation) with that for a 3-year DDB model (book depreciation). To help,
a. determine which model offers the larger total depreciation after 2 years, and
b. determine the book value for each method at the end of 3 years.