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Periodic Inventory Using FIFO, LIFO, and Weighted Average Cost Methods

The units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows:

Jan. 1	Inventory	11	units at $31	$341
Aug. 13	Purchase	18	units at $32	576
Nov. 30	Purchase	13	units at $33	429
Available for sale	42	units	$1,346

There are 25 units of the item in the physical inventory at December 31. The periodic inventory system is used. Determine the inventory cost using the (a) first-in, first-out (FIFO) method; (b) last-in, first-out (LIFO) method; and (c) weighted average cost method (round per-unit cost to two decimal places and your final answer to the nearest whole dollar).

a.	First-in, first-out (FIFO)	$fill in the blank 1
b.	Last-in, first-out (LIFO)	$fill in the blank 2
c.	Weighted average cost	$fill in the blank 3