32.Charlene Company uses the average cost retail method to estimate its inventory. Data relating to the inventory on December 31, 2020 are:                                                                                        Cost                                       Retail Inventory, January 1                                           1,000,000                             1,500,000 Purchases                                                              5,300,000                             7,000,000 Net markup                                                                                                             800,000 Net markdown                                                                                                     300,000 Sales                                                                                                                      6,000,000 Estimated normal shoplifting losses                                                                200,000 Estimated normal shrinkage is 5% of sales   The estimated cost of goods sold for 2020 should be

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32.Charlene Company uses the average cost retail method to estimate its inventory. Data relating to the inventory on December 31, 2020 are:

                                                                                       Cost                                       Retail

Inventory, January 1                                           1,000,000                             1,500,000

Purchases                                                              5,300,000                             7,000,000

Net markup                                                                                                             800,000

Net markdown                                                                                                     300,000

Sales                                                                                                                      6,000,000

Estimated normal shoplifting losses                                                                200,000

Estimated normal shrinkage is 5% of sales

 

The estimated cost of goods sold for 2020 should be

 

 
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