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Required Information Use the following information for the Exercise below. (Static) (The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product. The Company uses a periodic Inventory system. For specific identification, ending Inventory consists of 200 units, where 180 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 15 are from beginning Inventory. Date Activities Units Acquired at cost Units sold at Retail Jan. 1 Beginning inventory 140 units @ $6.00 - $ 840 100 units @ $15 Jan. 20 Purchase 60 units @ $5.89 = 80 units @ $15 Jan. 30 Purchase 180 units @ $4.50 = 380 units 180 units Jan. 1e Sales 3ee Jan. 25 Sales 810 Totals $1,950 Exercise 5-4 (Static) Periodic: Gross profit effects of inventory methods LO A1 1. Compute gross profit for the month of January for Laker Company for the four Inventory methods. 2. Which method yields the highest gross profit? 3. Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? 4. if costs were rising Instead of falling, which method would yleld the highest gross profit? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Reg 2 to 4 Compute gross profit for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. (Round cost per unit to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollars.) LAKER COMPANY For Month Ended January 31 Specific Weighted Identification Average FIFO LIFO Sales Cost of goods sold Gross profit S s 0 s 0 $ 0 Pento Reg 1 Reg 2 to 4 2. Which method yields the highest gross profit? 3. Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit? 2. 3. Which method yields the highest gross profit? Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit? 4.

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