During 2016, WMC Corporation discovered that its ending inventories reported on its financial statements were misstated by the following amounts: 2014 understated by $120,000 2015 overstated by 150,000 WMC uses the periodic inventory system and the FIFO cost method. Required: 1. Determine the effect of these errors on retained earnings at January 1, 2016, before any adjustments. Explain your answer. (Ignore income taxes.) 2. Prepare a journal entry to correct the error. 3. What other step(s) would be taken in connection with the error?

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