a.  Assuming that the perpetual inventory system is used, costing by the LIFO method, determine the cost of merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 4. Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

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  1. Perpetual Inventory Using LIFO

    Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for prepaid cell phones for May are as follows:

    Inventory   Purchases   Sales  
    May 1 1,300 units at $26 May 10 650 units at $28 May 12 910 units
               20 585 units at $30        14 780 units
                   31 390 units

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    a.  Assuming that the perpetual inventory system is used, costing by the LIFO method, determine the cost of merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 4. Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

    Schedule of Cost of Merchandise SoldLIFO MethodPrepaid Cell Phones





    Date




    Quantity
    Purchased



    Purchases
    Unit Cost



    Purchases
    Total Cost



    Quantity
    Sold
    Cost of
    Merchandise
    Sold
    Unit Cost
    Cost of
    Merchandise
    Sold
    Total Cost



    Inventory
    Quantity



    Inventory
    Unit Cost



    Inventory
    Total Cost
    May 1             fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_1 $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_2 $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_3
    May 10 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_4 $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_5 $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_6       fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_7 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_8 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_9
                  fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_10 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_11 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_12
    May 12       fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_13 $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_14 $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_15 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_16 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_17 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_18
            fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_19 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_20 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_21      
    May 14       fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_22 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_23 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_24 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_25 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_26 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_27
    May 20 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_28 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_29 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_30       fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_31 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_32 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_33
                  fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_34 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_35 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_36
    May 31       fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_37 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_38 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_39 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_40 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_41 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_42
                  fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_43 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_44 fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_45
    May 31 Balances         $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_46     $fill in the blank e714b208ff9803a_47
     

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    b.  Based upon the preceding data, would you expect the inventory to be higher or lower using the first-in, first-out method?

     

     

     
     
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