On January 1, 2013, Bast Co

question 59

Essay

On January 1, 2013, Bast Co. had a net book value of $2,100,000 as follows:
Fisher Co. acquired all of the outstanding preferred shares for $148,000 and 60% of the common stock for $1,281,000. Fisher believed that one of Bast's buildings, with a twelve-year life, was undervalued on the company's financial records by $70,000.
Required:
What is the amount of goodwill to be recognized from this purchase?

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped probability distribution that is symmetrical about its mean, describing how variables are distributed, indicating that most of the observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Continuous Uniform Probability Distribution

A type of probability distribution where all outcomes in a continuous range are equally likely.

Rectangular

Pertaining to a shape or object whose surface has four right angles and the opposite sides are parallel and equal in length.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; quantifies the degree to which values differ from the average value.