Johnson industries acquired a patent on january 2nd, 2015, for $18,000. the patent was estimated to have a useful life of five years. on july 1st, 2017, the company incurred legal fees of $7,500 to successfully defend the patent in an infringement suit. how much amortization expense will johnson recognize on the income statement for the year ended december 31st, 2017?
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The fiscal 2016 financial statements of nike inc. shows average net operating assets (noa) of $8,450 million, average net nonoperating obligations (nno) of $(4,033) million, average total liabilities of $9,014 million, and average equity of $12,483 million. the company's 2016 financial leverage (flev) is: select one: a. (0.477) b. (0.559 c. (0.323) d. (0.447) e. there is not enough information to determine the ratio.