PepsiCo, Inc., has acquired several other companies. Assume that PepsiCo purchased Kettle Chips Co. for ($ 8)

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PepsiCo, Inc., has acquired several other companies. Assume that PepsiCo purchased Kettle Chips Co. for \(\$ 8\) million cash. The book value of Kettle Chips' assets is \(\$ 12\) million (market value, \(\$ 15\) million), and it has liabilities of \(\$ 10\) million.

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1. Compute the cost of the goodwill purchased by PepsiCo.

2. Record the purchase of Kettle Chips by PepsiCo.

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Accounting

ISBN: 9780132439602

7th Edition

Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Walter T. Harrison

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