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When a financial analyst adjusts a company's reported depreciation expense to improve comparisons of profitability with another firm that uses the same
depreciation method, the analyst assumes all of the following to be true except that:
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salvage value proportions are roughly equivalent for both firms.
the useful life differences are artificial.
the dollar breakdown within asset categories is similar for both firms (i.e., both have similar amounts of buildings vs. leasehold improvements, etc.).
the useful lives differences are "real":
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