Mercury Company has only one inventory pool. On December 31, 2021, Mercury adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory on that date using the dollar-value LIFO method was $212,000. Inventory data are as follows: Year Ending Inventory at Year-End Costs Ending Inventory at Base Year Costs 2022 $ 256,200   $ 244,000   2023   340,400     296,000   2024   343,200     286,000     Required: Compute the inventory at December 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024, using the dollar-value LIFO method. (Round "Year end cost index" to 2 decimal places.)

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9. Mercury Company has only one inventory pool. On December 31, 2021, Mercury adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory on that date using the dollar-value LIFO method was $212,000. Inventory data are as follows:

Year Ending Inventory at
Year-End Costs
Ending Inventory at
Base Year Costs
2022 $ 256,200   $ 244,000  
2023   340,400     296,000  
2024   343,200     286,000  
 

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Compute the inventory at December 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024, using the dollar-value LIFO method. (Round "Year end cost index" to 2 decimal places.)

 

 

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