On March 10, 2017, General Solutions Inc. purchased 5,000 of MicroTech's common shares for $50 per share. The fallowing information pertains to MicroTech's price per share:

General Solutions sold its investment in MicroTech's shares on September 12, 2020, at a price of $39 per share.

Required:1. Assume that management purchased the shares for speculative purposes and recorded this transaction as an investment at FVTPL. Prepare any journal entries that are required by the facts presented in this case.2. Assume that management classified MicroTech's shares as an investment available for sale. Prepare any journal entries that are required by the facts presented in this case.

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Price Date 31/12/2017 31/12/2018 31/12/2019 $55 40 42