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Different depreciation methods produce different results, and in some circumstances the use of a particular depreciation method is recommended. When the use of an asset fluctuates from period to period, the units-of-production method is recommended. For assets that decline in usefulness early, and are subject to high maintenance costs as they age, a form of accelerated depreciation should be used, i.e. declining-balance and the sum-of-the-years- digits methods.
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