Sheffield Corp. adopted the dollar-value LIFO method of inventory valuation on December 31, 2019. Its inventory at that date was $1010000 and the relevant price index was 100. Information regarding inventory for subsequent years is as follows: Date Inventory at Current Prices Current Price Index December 31, 2020 $1287000 106 December 31, 2021 1429000 124 December 31, 2022 1627000 129 What is the cost of the ending inventory at December 31, 2020 under dollar-value LIFO

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position