Norman's Televisions produces television sets in three categories: portable, midsize, and flat-screen. On January 1, 2020, Norman adopted dollar-value LIFO and decided to use a single inventory pool. The company's January 1 inventory consists of:  Category     Quantity    Cost per Unit     Total Cost  Portable     6,000    $100    $  600,000 Midsize  8,000  250 2,000,000 Flat-screen  3,000  400  1,200,000   17,000   $3,800,000 During 2020, the company had the following purchases and sales.  Category     QuantityPurchased    Cost per Unit    Quantity Sold     Selling Price per Unit  Portable    15,000    $110    14,000    $150 Midsize 20,000  300 24,000  405 Flat-screen 10,000  500  6,000  600   45,000   44,000   Instructions (Round to four decimals.) a.    Compute ending inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross profit. b.    Assume the company uses three inventory pools instead of one. Repeat instruction (a).

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Norman's Televisions produces television sets in three categories: portable, midsize, and flat-screen. On January 1, 2020, Norman adopted dollar-value LIFO and decided to use a single inventory pool. The company's January 1 inventory consists of:

 Category     Quantity    Cost per Unit     Total Cost 
Portable     6,000    $100    $  600,000
Midsize  8,000  250 2,000,000
Flat-screen  3,000  400  1,200,000
  17,000   $3,800,000

During 2020, the company had the following purchases and sales.

 Category     Quantity
Purchased
   Cost per Unit    Quantity
 Sold 
   Selling Price
 per Unit 
Portable    15,000    $110    14,000    $150
Midsize 20,000  300 24,000  405
Flat-screen 10,000  500  6,000  600
  45,000   44,000  

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(Round to four decimals.)

a.    Compute ending inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross profit.

b.    Assume the company uses three inventory pools instead of one. Repeat instruction (a).

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