Culver Company sells a machine for $7,700 with a 12-onth warranty agreement that requires the company to replace all defective parts and to provide the repair labor at no cost to the customers. With sales being made evenly throughout the year, the company sells 420 machines in 2025 (warranty expense is incurred half in 2025 and half in 2026). As a result of product testing, the company estimates that the total warranty cost is $442 per machine ($190 parts and $252 labor). Assuming that actual warranty costs are incurred exactly as estimated, what journal entries would be made relative to the following facts? Use "Inventory account to record the parts portion of the warranty expense.

Culver Company sells a machine for $7,700 with a 12-onth warranty agreement that requires the company to replace all defective parts and to provide the repair labor at no cost to the customers. With sales being made evenly throughout the year, the company sells 420 machines in 2025 (warranty expense is incurred half in 2025 and half in 2026). As a result of product testing, the company estimates that the total warranty cost is $442 per machine ($190 parts and $252 labor). Assuming that actual warranty costs are incurred exactly as estimated, what journal entries would be made relative to the following facts? Use "Inventory account to record the parts portion of the warranty expense.

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