Laura's Homemade Cannot Decide Which Inventory Method to Use to Determine

question 42

Essay

Laura's Homemade cannot decide which inventory method to use to determine its ending inventory. The accounting records for the current year contain the following information: Compute the ending inventory under the following cost flow assumptions.
1) FIFO
2) lower of cost or market based on average cost)

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