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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Sarasota Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. The corporation’s books disclosed the following.
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Beginning inventory $179,500
Sales revenue $640,200
Purchases for the year 402,500
Sales returns 25,800
Purchase returns 31,500
Rate of gross profit on net sales 20%
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Merchandise with a selling price of $21,200Â remained undamaged after the fire. Damaged merchandise with an original selling price of $15,800Â had a net realizable value of $5,700.
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Compute the amount of the loss as a result of the fire, assuming that the corporation had no insurance coverage.
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Amount of the loss?
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