Hawkeye Auto Parts uses the retail method to estimate inventories. Data for the first six months of 2011 include: beginning inventory at cost and retail were $55,000 and $100,000, net purchases at cost and retail were $785,000 and $1,300,000, and sales during the first six months totaled $800,000. The estimated inventory at June 30, 2011, would be:

Hawkeye Auto Parts uses the retail method to estimate inventories. Data for the first six months of 2011 include: beginning inventory at cost and retail were $55,000 and $100,000, net purchases at cost and retail were $785,000 and $1,300,000, and sales during the first six months totaled $800,000. The estimated inventory at June 30, 2011, would be:




A. $330,000.
B. $360,000.
C. $362,300.
D. None of the above is correct.


Answer: B. $360,000.


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