QS 6-4 Perpetual: Inventory costing with FIFO LO P1 A company reports the following beginning inventory and two purchases for the month of January. On January 26, the company sells 250 units. Ending inventory at January 31 totals 130 units. Units Unit Cost Beginning inventory on January 1 230 $ 2.00 Purchase on January 9 50 2.20 Purchase on January 25 100 2.34 Required: Assume the perpetual inventory system is used. Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory when costs are assigned based on the FIFO method.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.