Retail Inventory Method EKC Company uses the retail inventory method. The following information for 2019 is available:   Cost Retail     Cost Retail Inventory, January 1 $100,000 $180,000   Markup cancellations — $ 12,000 Purchases (gross price) 320,000 600,000   Markdowns — 15,000 Purchases discounts taken 6,000 —   Markdown cancellations — 4,000 Freight-in 16,000 —   Net Sales — 580,000 Additional markups — 60,000          Compute the cost of the ending inventory under the LIFO method. Round the cost-to-retail ratio to three decimal places and the final answers to the nearest dollar.

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EKC Company uses the retail inventory method. The following information for 2019 is available:

  Cost Retail     Cost Retail
Inventory, January 1 $100,000 $180,000   Markup cancellations $ 12,000
Purchases (gross price) 320,000 600,000   Markdowns 15,000
Purchases discounts taken 6,000   Markdown cancellations 4,000
Freight-in 16,000   Net Sales 580,000
Additional markups 60,000        

 Compute the cost of the ending inventory under the LIFO method. Round the cost-to-retail ratio to three decimal places and the final answers to the nearest dollar.

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