Harlequin Company has used the dollar-value LIFO retail method since it began operations in early...

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Harlequin Company has used the dollar-value LIFO retail method since it began operations in early 2023(its base year). Its beginning inventory for 2024 was $38,500 at cost and $62,500 at retail prices. At the end of 2024, it computed its estimated ending inventory at retail to be $125,000. Assuming its cost-to-retail percentage for 2024 transactions was 50%, what is the inventory balance that Harlequin Company would report in its 12/31/2024 balance sheet?
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$125,000
$56,250
$62,500
The balance cannot be determined with the given information. Explain why the calculations are done this way.

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