A company's store was destroyed by an earthquake on February 10 of the current year. The only information for the current period that could be salvaged included the following: Beginning inventory, January 1:$44,000Purchases to date:$198,000Sales to date:$310,000Historically, the company's gross profit ratio has been 30%. Estimate the value of the destroyed inventory using the gross profit method.

What will be an ideal response?



Beginning Inventory$44,000
Purchases198,000
Goods available for sale$242,000
COGS ($310,000 * 70%)217,000
Estimated Inventory at 2/10$25,000

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