Grouper Inc. has negotiated the purchase of a new piece of automatic equipment at a price of $10,080 plus trade-in, f.o.b. factory. Grouper Inc. paid $10,080 cash and traded in used equipment. The used equipment had originally cost $78,120; it had a book value of $52,920 and a secondhand fair value of $60,228, as indicated by recent transactions involving similar equipment. Freight and installation charges for the new equipment required a cash payment of $1,386. Assuming the same facts as in (a) except that fair value information for the assets exchanged is not determinable, prepare the general journal entry to record this transaction. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
Grouper Inc. has negotiated the purchase of a new piece of automatic equipment at a price of $10,080 plus trade-in, f.o.b. factory. Grouper Inc. paid $10,080 cash and traded in used equipment. The used equipment had originally cost $78,120; it had a book value of $52,920 and a secondhand fair value of $60,228, as indicated by recent transactions involving similar equipment. Freight and installation charges for the new equipment required a cash payment of $1,386.
Assuming the same facts as in (a) except that fair value information for the assets exchanged is not determinable, prepare the general
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