Suppose Alpine Sportswear suffered a fire loss and needs to estimate the cost of the goods destroyed. Beginning inventory was $110,000, net purchases totaled $660,000, and sales came to $1,100,000. Alpine's normal gross margin percentage is 51%. Use the gross margin method to estimate the cost of the inventory lost in the fire. Select one: O $539,000 O $231,000 O $561,000 $770,000
Suppose Alpine Sportswear suffered a fire loss and needs to estimate the cost of the goods destroyed. Beginning inventory was $110,000, net purchases totaled $660,000, and sales came to $1,100,000. Alpine's normal gross margin percentage is 51%. Use the gross margin method to estimate the cost of the inventory lost in the fire. Select one: O $539,000 O $231,000 O $561,000 $770,000
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![Suppose Alpine Sportswear suffered a fire loss and needs to estimate the cost of the goods destroyed. Beginning inventory was $110,000, net purchases totaled $660,000, and sales
came to $1,100,000. Alpine's normal gross margin percentage is 51%. Use the gross margin method to estimate the cost of the inventory lost in the fire.
Select one:
O $539,000
O $231,000
$561,000
$770,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F52615ebc-3deb-446b-94e8-8fddbf33eb42%2Fb1023160-779d-4162-b98f-7d18b252df03%2Fm1yu8m_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose Alpine Sportswear suffered a fire loss and needs to estimate the cost of the goods destroyed. Beginning inventory was $110,000, net purchases totaled $660,000, and sales
came to $1,100,000. Alpine's normal gross margin percentage is 51%. Use the gross margin method to estimate the cost of the inventory lost in the fire.
Select one:
O $539,000
O $231,000
$561,000
$770,000
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