Bethany incurred $40,750 in research and experimental costs for developing a specialized product during july of year 1. bethany went through a lot of trouble and spent $17,250 in legal fees to receive a patent for the product in august of year 3.bethany expects the patent to have a remaining useful life of 10 years. (do not round intermediate calculations.) a. what amount of research and experimental expenses for year 1, year 2, and year 3 may bethany deduct if she elects to amortize the expenses over 60 months? (round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount.) b. how much patent amortization expense would bethany deduct in year 3 assuming she elected to amortize the research and experimental costs over 60 months? c. if bethany chose to capitalize but not amortize the research and experimental expenses she incurred in year 1, how much patent amortization expense would bethany deduct in year 3?

answer; operating revenues;

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.