The depreciation deduction for year 11 of an asset with a 20-year useful life is $4,000. If the salvage value of the asset was estimated to be zero and straight line depreciation was used to calculate the depreciation deduction for year 11, what was the initial cost of the asset?

Varto company has 9,400 units of its sole product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $23 each. this year’s model is superior to last year’s, and the 9,400 units cannot be sold at last year’s regular selling price of $42 each. varto has two alternatives for these items: (1) they can be sold to a wholesaler for $8 each, or (2) they can be reworked at a cost of $251,100 and then sold for $34 each. prepare an analysis to determine whether varto should sell the products as is or rework them and then sell them.