Balance Sheets for Mergers [LO2] Silver Enterprises has acquired All Gold Mining in a merger transaction. Construct the balance sheet for the new corporation if

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Balance Sheets for Mergers [LO2] Silver Enterprises has acquired All Gold Mining in a merger transaction. Construct the balance sheet for the new corporation if the merger is treated as a pooling of interests for accounting purposes. The following balance sheets represent the premerger book values for both firms:

	Silver Enterprises
Current Assets	4800	Current Liabilities	2800
Other Assets	1200	Long-term debt	7500
Net fixed assets	15300	Equity	11000
Total	21300	Total	21300
	All Gold Mining
Current Assets	1300	Current Liabilities	1350
Other Assets	510	Long-term debt	0
Net fixed assets	6800	Equity	7260
Total	8610	Total	8610