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   LIFO Perpetual Inventory

   The beginning inventory at Midnight Supplies and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending March 31, are as follows:

   Date		Transaction	Number of Units		Per Unit		Total
   Jan. 1		Inventory	7,500		$75.00		$562,500
   10		Purchase	22,500		85.00		1,912,500
   28		Sale	11,250		150.00		1,687,500
   30		Sale	3,750		150.00		562,500
   Feb. 5		Sale	1,500		150.00		225,000
   10		Purchase	54,000		87.50		4,725,000
   16		Sale	27,000		160.00		4,320,000
   28		Sale	25,500		160.00		4,080,000
   Mar. 5		Purchase	45,000		89.50		4,027,500
   14		Sale	30,000		160.00		4,800,000
   25		Purchase	7,500		90.00		675,000
   30		Sale	26,250		160.00		4,200,000

   Required:

   1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of merchandise sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 4, using the last-in, first-out method. Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column. Round unit cost to two decimal places, if necessary.

   Midnight Supplies Perpetual Inventory Account LIFO Method For the three-months ended March 31
   	Purchases			Cost of Merchandise Sold			Inventory
   Date	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost
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   Jan. 10	fill in the blank 4	$fill in the blank 5	$fill in the blank 6				fill in the blank 7	fill in the blank 8	fill in the blank 9
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   Mar. 30				fill in the blank 124	fill in the blank 125	fill in the blank 126	fill in the blank 127	fill in the blank 128	fill in the blank 129
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   Mar. 31	Balances					$fill in the blank 142			$fill in the blank 143

   2. Determine the total sales, the total cost of merchandise sold, and the gross profit from sales for the period.

   Total sales	$fill in the blank 144
   Total cost of merchandise sold	fill in the blank 145
   Gross profit	$fill in the blank 146

   3. Determine the ending inventory cost as of March 31. $fill in the blank 147