Nichols Enterprises has an investment in 31,500 bonds of Elliott Electronics that Nichols accounts for as a security available-for-sale. Elliott bonds are publicly traded, and The Wall Street Journal quotes a price for those bonds of $13 per bond, but Nicholsbelieves the market has not appreciated the full value of the Elliott bonds and that a more accurate price is $19 per bond. Nicholsshould carry the Elliott investment on its balance sheet atMultiple CholceEither $409,500 or $598,500, as elther are defensible valuations.$598,500.$409,500.$504,000, the midpolnt of Nichols's range of reasonably likely valuations of Elliott.

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