Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions ?
-Assuming That the Company Uses the Perpetual Inventory System

question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following questions.

Boxwood Company sells blankets for $60 each. The following was taken from the inventory records during May. The company had no beginning inventory on May 1.
$$\begin{array} { | c | l | c | c | } \hline \text { Date } & { \text { Blankets } } & \text { Units } & \text { Cost } \\\hline \text { May } 3 & \text { Purchase } & 5 & \$ 20 \\\hline 10 & \text { Sale } & 3 & \\\hline 17 & \text { Purchase } & 10 & 24 \\\hline 20 & \text { Sale } & 6 & \\\hline 23 & \text { Sale } & 3 & 30 \\\hline 30 & \text { Purchase } & 10 & \\\hline\end{array}$$ ?
-Assuming that the company uses the perpetual inventory system, determine the cost of merchandise sold for the sale of May 20 using the FIFO inventory cost method.

• A) $120
• B) $180
• C) $136
• D) $144

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Marginal

Relating to the additional cost or benefit associated with producing one more unit of a good or service.

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Scarcity

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