Your company buys a computer server,which it expects to use for eight years and then sell when it upgrades to a more powerful model.The server would probably be used by the business that buys it at that time for another three years.The useful life of the server for your company is:
A)the total length of time the server is used to produce output for your company.
B)eleven years.
C)the total length of time until the server can no longer function.
D)three years.

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The useful life of the server for your company is the total length of time the server is used to produce output for your company. In this case, it is the full eight years that your company plans on using the server. The additional three years that another business might use the server is not relevant to your company's use of the server.

Your Company Buys a Computer Server,which It Expects to Use