Brooks Co. purchases various investments in trading securities at a cost of $57,000 on December 27, 2017. (This is its first and only purchase of such securities.) At December 31, 2017, these securities had a fair value of $69,000.

1. & 3. Prepare the December 31, 2017, year-end adjusting entry for the trading securities' portfolio and the January 3, 2018, entry when Brooks sells a portion of its trading securities (that had originally cost $28,500) for $31,500. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

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Kubin company’s relevant range of production is 24,000 to 31,000 units. when it produces and sells 27,500 units, its average costs per unit are as follows:

Allen's office department manufactures computer desks in its​ moosejaw, saskatchewan, plant. the company uses activity based costing to allocate all manufacturing conversion costs​ (direct labour and manufacturing​ overhead). its activities and related data​ follow: ​(click the icon to view the activity areas and related​ data.) requirements 1. compute the​ per-unit manufacturing product cost of standard desks and unpainted desks. 2. premanufacturing​ activities, such as product​ design, were assigned to the standard desks at $ 5 each and to the unpainted desks at $ 2 each. similar analyses were conducted of postmanufacturing​ activities, such as​ distribution, marketing, and customer service. the postmanufacturing costs were $ 31 per standard and $ 26 per unpainted desk. compute the full product costs per desk. 3. which product costs are reported in the external financial​ statements? which costs are used for management decision​ making? explain the difference. 4. what price should allen's managers set for standard desks to earn a $ 52 profit per​ desk?