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Problem 9-5 (Part Level Submission) Sweet Co. follows the practice of valuing its inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market. The following information is available from the company's inventory records as of December 31, 2017 Estimated Completion & Disposal Cost/Unit Normal Profit Selling Unit Cost Replacement Cost/Unit Item Quantity 1,500 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,800 Price/Unit $12.50 11.19 8.57 7.50 7.97 Margin/Unit $8.93 9.76 6.66 4.52 $10.00 9.40 6.43 5.00 7.50 $1.79 1.07 1.37 0.95 0.83 $2.14 1.43 0.71 1.79 1.19 Greg Forda is an accounting clerk in the accounting department of Sweet Co., and he cannot understand why the market value keeps changing from replacement cost to net realizable value to something that he cannot even figure out. Greg is very confused, and he is the one who records inventory purchases and calculates ending inventory. You are the manager of the department and an accountant (a) Your answer is correct. Calculate the lower-of-cost-or-market using the individual-item approach Lower-of-Cost-or-Market (Per unit basis) Item A 8.93 Item B 9.40 Item C 6.49 Item D 4.52 Item E 7.14 SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS SHOW SOLUTION SHOW ANSWER LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT Attempts: 1 of 2 used Show the journal entry he will need to make in order to write down the ending inventory from cost to market. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Esplanation Debit Credit Cost of Goods sold Method: SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS Attempts: 0 of 2 used

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