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A motor van was bought for $20,000 on 1 September 2005 with a residual value of$2,000. Depreciation was charged at 20% by the reducing balance method on yearlybasis. It was sold for $18,000 after three years of use on 30 September 2008.Compute the profit on sale of asset.
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