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Exercise 9-14 earl Company uses the gross profit method to estimate inventory for monthly reporting purposes. Presented below is information for the month of May. nventory, May 1 Purchases (gross) Freight-in Sales revenue Sales returns Purchase discounts $ 161,900 697,000 31,400 924,000 73,200 12,100 Compute the estimated inventory at May 31, assuming that the gross profit is 25% of net sales. The estimated inventory at Hay 31 LINK TO TEXT LINK TO VIDEO Compute the estimated inventory at May 31, assuming that the gross profit is 25% of cost. (Round percentage of sales to 2 decimal places, eg. 78.74% and final answer to o decimal places, eg. 6,225.) The estimated inventory at May 31

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Exercise 9-14
Pearl Company uses the gross profit method to estimate inventory for monthly reporting purposes. Presented below is information for the month of May.
$ 161,900
Inventory, May 1
Purchases (gross)
697,000
Freight-in
31,400
Sales revenue
924,000
Sales returns
73.200
Purchase discounts
12,100
Compute the estimated inventory at May 31, assuming that the gross profit is 25% of net sales.
The estimated inventory at May 31
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Compute the estimated inventory at May 31, assuming that the gross profit is 25% of cost. (Round percentage of sales to 2 decimal places, e.g. 78.74% and final answer to o decimal places, e.g. 6,225.)
The estimated inventory at May 31

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