On January 1,a Company Purchased a Machine for $75,000 That

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On January 1,a company purchased a machine for $75,000 that had a six-year useful life and a salvage value of $6,000.After three years of straight-line depreciation,on January 1,2013,the company paid $7,500 cash to improve the efficiency of the machine.The effect of the expenditure was to increase the productivity of the machine without increasing its remaining useful life or changing its salvage value.Straight-line depreciation is used throughout the machine's life.
a.Prepare the journal entry to record the $7,500 expenditure.
b.What amount of depreciation expense should be recorded for 2013?