On February 26, a hurricane destroyed the entire inventory stored in a warehouse owned by the Rockford Corporation. The following information is available from the records of the company’s periodic inventory system: beginning inventory, $305,000; purchases and net sales from the beginning of the year through February 26, $570,000 and $770,000, respectively; gross profit ratio, 25%. Estimate the cost of the inventory destroyed by the hurricane using the gross profit method.

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On February 26, a hurricane destroyed the entire inventory stored in a warehouse owned by the Rockford Corporation. The following information is available from the records of the company’s periodic inventory system: beginning inventory, $305,000; purchases and net sales from the beginning of the year through February 26, $570,000 and $770,000, respectively; gross profit ratio, 25%.

Estimate the cost of the inventory destroyed by the hurricane using the gross profit method.
  

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