Option (b), which states that depreciation is not meant to report an asset at its present value, is the right response.
On the balance sheet, depreciation expense is totaled as cumulative depreciation, but on the income statement, depreciation expense is reported as a regular business item. How quickly a company's assets "wear out" is related to both depreciation and accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is a method of accounting that seeks to equitably and sensibly distribute the price of tangible capital assets over the estimated useful life of the asset, less any possibility for salvage (if any). The task at hand is allocation, not valuation.
Property and equipment depreciation expense is recorded at the end of each fiscal year and at the time an asset is sold. To document a disposal, cost and amassed depreciation are removed from the record.
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