Mercury Company has only one inventory pool. On December 31, 2021, Mercury adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory on that date using the dollar-value LIFO method was $204,000. Inventory data are as follows: Year Ending Inventory at Year-End Costs Ending Inventory at Base Year Costs 2022 $ 239,400 $ 228,000 2023 312,800 272,000 2024 314,400 262,000 Required: Compute the inventory at December 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024, using the dollar-value LIFO method. (Round "Year end cost index" to 2 decimal places.)

Which of the following is not an example of one of the four mail advantages of prices on a free market economy

Zeta corporation is a manufacturer of sports caps, which require soft fabric. the standards for each cap allow 2.00 yards of soft fabric, at a cost of $2.00 per yard. during the month of january, the company purchased 25,000 yards of soft fabric at $2.10 per yard, to produce 12,000 caps. what is zeta corporation's materials price variance for the month of january?

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?