The Department of Roads for a large Canadian city has several depots throughout the city where they store rock- salt. The rock-salt is used during the winter. The fiscal year starts on April 1 and ends on the following March 31. At April 1 2021, they had an inventory of 2,000 tons of rock-salt worth $800,000. The following are transactions occurred during the fiscal year:< Summer and Fall 2021: Purchased 68,000 tons at an average price of $300/ton< Months of December 2021 and January 2022: used 62,000 tons February 1 2022: purchased 40,000 tons at $505/ton Month of February 2022: used 20,000 tons March 12 2022: helped a neighbouring city that had run out of salt by giving them 20,000 tons in exchange for equipment worth $12.2 million Required: 1. Calculate the value of the rock salt in the remaining inventory at March 31 2022 based on: FIFO • Weighted average - Periodic 2. Which method of inventory valuation do you recommend they use? Explain your response.<

The Department of Roads for a large Canadian city has several depots throughout the city where they store rock- salt. The rock-salt is used during the winter. The fiscal year starts on April 1 and ends on the following March 31. At April 1 2021, they had an inventory of 2,000 tons of rock-salt worth $800,000. The following are transactions occurred during the fiscal year:< Summer and Fall 2021: Purchased 68,000 tons at an average price of $300/ton< Months of December 2021 and January 2022: used 62,000 tons February 1 2022: purchased 40,000 tons at $505/ton Month of February 2022: used 20,000 tons March 12 2022: helped a neighbouring city that had run out of salt by giving them 20,000 tons in exchange for equipment worth $12.2 million Required: 1. Calculate the value of the rock salt in the remaining inventory at March 31 2022 based on: FIFO • Weighted average - Periodic 2. Which method of inventory valuation do you recommend they use? Explain your response.<

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The Department of Roads for a large Canadian city has several depots throughout the city where they store rock-
salt. The rock-salt is used during the winter.
The fiscal year starts on April 1 and ends on the following March 31. At April 1 2021, they had an inventory of
2,000 tons of rock-salt worth $800,000. The following are transactions occurred during the fiscal year:<
Summer and Fall 2021: Purchased 68,000 tons at an average price of $300/ton<
Months of December 2021 and January 2022: used 62,000 tons
February 1 2022: purchased 40,000 tons at $505/ton
Month of February 2022: used 20,000 tons
March 12 2022: helped a neighbouring city that had run out of salt by giving them 20,000 tons in exchange
for equipment worth $12.2 million
Required:
1. Calculate the value of the rock salt in the remaining inventory at March 31 2022 based on:
FIFO
• Weighted average - Periodic
2. Which method of inventory valuation do you recommend they use? Explain your response.<

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