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>DB(cost,salvage,life,period[,month])</PRE
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>DB calculates the depreciation of an asset for a given period using the fixed-declining balance method.  @cost is the initial value of the asset.  @salvage after the depreciation. @life is the number of periods overall.  @period is the period for which you want the depreciation to be calculated.  @month is the number of months in the first year of depreciation. If @month is omitted, it is assumed to be 12. </P
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>        <A
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,         <A
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,         <A
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