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The lower-of-cost-or-market (LCM) is a method which requires the reporting of the ending merchandise inventory in the financial statement of a company, at its current market value or at its historical cost price, whichever is less.
To Compute: The lower-of-cost-or-market valuation for the company’s inventory.
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