Pharoah Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. Thecorporation's books disclosed the following.Beginning inventory$183,500Sales revenue$683,600Purchases for the year358,400Sales returns22,800Purchase returns30,000Rate of gross profit on net sales30 %Merchandise with a selling price of $23,100 remained undamaged after the fire. Damaged merchandise with an original selling price of$15,000 had a net realizable value of $5,800.Compute the amount of the loss as a result of the fire, assuming that the corporation had no insurance coverage.Amount of the loss$

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