Miracle Printers incurred external costs of $ 1 comma 400 comma 000 for a patent for a new laser printer. Although the patent gives legal protection for 20 years, it was expected to provide Miracle with a competitive advantage for only eight years due to expected technological advances in the industry. Miracle uses the straight-line method of amortization.

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Step-by-step explanation:

the answer is:

the answer is:

to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

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