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Reid Resch Is a Maker of Instruments for Measuring Weight

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Reid Resch is a maker of instruments for measuring weight, temperature, pressure, and so on. Due to the increasing use of digital instruments, one of the company production lines based on analogue technology is potentially impaired. Management has produced the following information relating to this production line, which is considered to be a cash generating unit:
 Original cost $4,940,000 Accumulated depreciation 1,800,000 Fair value 3,270,000 Costs to sell 48,000 Risk adjusted cost of capital 5% Incremental cash flows for $200,00020201,200,00020211,200,00020221,000,000202302024 and thereafter 5\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Original cost } & \$ 4,940,000 \\\hline \text { Accumulated depreciation } & 1,800,000 \\\hline \text { Fair value } & 3,270,000 \\\hline \text { Costs to sell } & 48,000 \\\hline \text { Risk adjusted cost of capital } & 5 \% \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Incremental cash flows for } & \$ 200,000 \\\hline 2020 & 1,200,000 \\\hline 2021 & 1,200,000 \\\hline 2022 & 1,000,000 \\\hline 2023 & 0 \\\hline 2024 \text { and thereafter } & 5 \\\hline\end{array} Required:
Determine whether the production line is impaired, and if so, the amount of the impairment.

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