Mittelstaedt, Incorporated, buys 60 percent of the outstanding stock of Sherry, Incorporated. Sherry owns a piece of land that cost $295,000 but had a fair valueof $660,000 at the acquisition date. What value should be attributed to this land in a consolidated balance sheet at the date of takeover? Mittelstaedt,Incorporated, buys 60 percent of the outstanding stock of Sherry, Incorporated. Sherry owns a piece of land that cost $295,000 but had a fair value of $660,000at the acquisition date. What value should be attributed to this land in a consolidated balance sheet at the date of takeover?

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