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LIFO Perpetual Inventory

The beginning inventory at Dunne Co. and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period are as follows:

Date		Transaction	Number of Units	Per Unit	Total
Apr. 3		Inventory	72		$225		$16,200
8		Purchase	144		270		38,880
11		Sale	96		750		72,000
30		Sale	60		750		45,000
May 8		Purchase	120		300		36,000
10		Sale	72		750		54,000
19		Sale	36		750		27,000
28		Purchase	120		330		39,600
June 5		Sale	72		790		56,880
16		Sale	96		790		75,840
21		Purchase	216		360		77,760
28		Sale	108		790		85,320

Required:

1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of goods sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 3, 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 Goods Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column.