Darrow invests $250,000 in cash for a 30 percent ownership interest. The money goes to the business.

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Darrow invests $250,000 in cash for a 30 percent ownership interest. The money goes to the business. No goodwill or other revaluation is to be recorded. After the transaction, what is Jennings’s capital balance?

a. $160,000.

b. $168,000.

c. $170,200.

d. $171,200.


Capital account balances:

William (40% of gains and losses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220,000

Jennings (40%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 160,000

Bryan (20%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,000



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