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On January 1, 2017, Isabella Corporation purchased a Watcha Doin’ Device for $500,000. The firm depreciates all its assets Straight-Line (SL), and management estimated the useful life of the asset at eight years, with a residual value of $60,000. (1) On July 1, 2020 (partial year!), the firm sold the Device for $400,000 cash. Compute Gain or Loss on Sale of Asset. Record on your solution sheet this number: Gain or Loss, as in $444,444 (2) Assume now that on that same date (July 1, 2020, and with all the other “givens” from part 1 also being the same), Isabella Corporation instead sold the Device for $200,000 cash. Compute Gain or Loss on Sale of Asset.