# Inventory Costing and LCM Ortman Enterprises sells a chemical used in various manufacturing processes. On January 1, 2019, Ortman had 5,000,000 gallons on hand, for which it had paid $0.50 per gallon. During 2019, Ortman made the following purchases: During 2019, Ortman sold 65 000,000 gallons at$0.75 per gallon (35,000,000 gallons were sold on June 29 and 30,000,000 gallons were sold on Nov. 22), leaving an ending inventory of 7,000,000 gallons. Assume that Ortman uses a perpetual inventory system. Ortman uses the lower of cost or market for its inventories, as required by generally accepted accounting principles. Required: 1. Assume that the market value of the chemical is $0.76 per gallon on December 31, 2019. Compute the cost of ending inventory using the FIFO and average cost methods, and then apply LCM. ( Note: Use four decimal places for per-unit calculations and round all other numbers to the nearest dollar.) 2. Assume that the market value of the chemical is$0.58 per gallon on December 31, 2019. Compute the cost of ending inventory using the FIFO and average cost methods, and then apply LCM. ( Note: Use four decimal places for per-unit calculations and round all other numbers to the nearest dollar.)

### Cornerstones of Financial Accounti...

4th Edition
Jay Rich + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781337690881

### Cornerstones of Financial Accounti...

4th Edition
Jay Rich + 1 other
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781337690881

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