Record transactions and calculate financial statement amounts The transac- tions relating to the formation of Blue Co. Stores, Inc., and its first month of operations follow. Prepare an answer sheet with the columns shown. Record each transaction in the appropriate columns of your answer sheet. Show the amounts involved and indicate how each account is affected (+ or -). After all transactions have been re- corded, calculate the total assets, liabilities, and owners' equity at the end of the month and calculate the amount of net income for the month.

a. The firm was organized and the owners invested cash of $8,000.

b. The firm borrowed $5,000 from the bank; a short-term note was signed.

c. Display cases and other store equipment costing $1,750 were purchased for cash. The original list price of the equipment was $1,900, but a discount was received because the seller was having a sale.

d. A store location was rented, and $1,400 was paid for the first month's rent.

e. Inventory of $15,000 was purchased; $9,000 cash was paid to the suppliers, and the balance will be paid within 30 days.

f. During the first week of operations, merchandise that had cost $4,000 was sold for $6,500 cash. g. A newspaper ad costing $100 was arranged for; it ran during the second week of the store's operations. The ad will be paid for in the next month. h. Additional inventory costing $4,200 was purchased; cash of $1,200 was paid, and the balance is due in 30 days. i. In the last three weeks of the first month, sales totaled $13,500, of which $9,600 was sold on account. The cost of the goods sold totaled $9,000. j. Employee wages for the month totaled $1,850; these will be paid during the first week of the next month. k. The firm collected a total of $3,160 from the sales on account recorded in transaction i. 1. The firm paid a total of $4,720 of the amount owed to suppliers from transaction e.