Chapter 7, Problem 13DQ

How can I solve this financial accounting problem using the appropriate financial process?

Calculate variablecost and contribution margin ration ? Financial accounting

Required Information [The following Information applies to the questions displayed below.] Sparrow Company uses the retail Inventory method to estimate ending Inventory and cost of goods sold. Data for 2024 are as follows: Beginning inventory Purchases Freight-in Purchase returns Net markups Net markdowns Normal spoilage Abnormal spoilage Sales Sales returns Cost 97,000 Retail $ 187,000 363,000 587,000 9,700 7,700 11,700 16,700 12,700 3,700 5,546 8,700 547,000 10,700 The company records sales net of employee discounts. Employee discounts for 2024 totaled $4,700. 2. Estimate Sparrow's ending Inventory and cost of goods sold for the year using the retail Inventory method and the conventional application. Note: Round Cost-to-retall percentage to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Conventional application Estimated ending inventory at retail $ 705,200 x Estimated ending inventory at cost S 417,878 x Estimated…