On January 1,2022, Adam Co. acquired 15,000 shares of Conor Company for $175,000 giving Adam...

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On January 1,2022, Adam Co. acquired 15,000 shares of Conor Company for $175,000 giving Adam a 10% ownership of Conor. Adam appropriately accounts for this investment using the fair value method. The market value of Adams investment at December 31,2022 was $183,000.
On January 1,2023, Adam purchased an additional 25,000 shares (25%) of Conor for $355,000. This last purchase gave Adam Co. the ability to exercise significant influence over Conor Corp.
The book value of Conor on January 1,2023 was $1,285,000. Any excess of cost over book value is assigned to a database which has a remaining life of five years at January 1,2023. Conor reports net income for 2023 of $185,000 and dividends were paid in 2023 of $35,000.
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Calculate the balance in the Investment account at December 31,2023.

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