For each of the following unrelated situations, calculate the annual amortization expense and prepare a journal entry to record the expense: A. A patent with a seventeen-year remaining legal life was purchased for $850,000. The patent will be usable for another six years. B. A patent was acquired on a new tablet. The cost of the patent itself was only $12,000, but the market value of the patent is $150,000. The company expects to be able to use this patent for all twenty years of its life.

For each of the following unrelated situations, calculate the annual amortization expense and prepare a journal entry to record the expense: A. A patent with a seventeen-year remaining legal life was purchased for $850,000. The patent will be usable for another six years. B. A patent was acquired on a new tablet. The cost of the patent itself was only $12,000, but the market value of the patent is $150,000. The company expects to be able to use this patent for all twenty years of its life.

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