(Solution) - Southwest Sand and Gravel paid 800 000 to acquire 1 000 000 cub -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Southwest Sand and Gravel paid $800,000 to acquire 1,000,000 cubic yards of sand reserves. The following statements model reflects Southwest?s financial condition just prior to purchasing the sand reserves. The company extracted 420,000 cubic yards of sand in year 1 and 360,000 cubic yards in year 2.

Required
a. Compute the depletion charge per unit.
b. Record the acquisition of the sand reserves and the depletion expense for years 1 and 2 in a financial statements model like the precedingone.