Pindar Corporation acquired all the outstanding stock of Strauss Company for $ 23,000,000 on January 1, 2012. On the date of acquisition, Strauss had the following balance sheet:

All Strauss€™ assets and liabilities have book values equal to their fair values except for equipment, which has a fair value of $ 20,700,000.
Required:
1. Calculate the amount of goodwill.
2. Prepare the journal entry by Pindar to record the acquisition.
3. Assume that instead of acquiring all the outstanding common stock of Strauss, Pindar acquired 100 percent of Strauss€™ net assets. What would Pindar€™s journal entry be in this case?

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Strauss Company Balance Sheet January 1,2012 Liabilities Assets Accounts receivable Invenlory Property, plant & equipment (net 6,800,000 Accounts payable 4,700,000 16,300,000 $ 2,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 Noles payable Total liabilities Stockholders' Common stock Addiional paid-in capital- 2,000,000 Relained eamings Total stockholders' equity Total liabilities & stockholders 8,000,000 7,800,000 $17,800,000 $27.800,000 equity $27,800,000 Total assets