Exercise 17-19

Presented below is information related to the purchases of common stock by Whispering Company during 2020.

		Cost (at purchase date)		Fair Value (at December 31)
Investment in Arroyo Company stock		$102,000		$81,000
Investment in Lee Corporation stock		238,000		286,000
Investment in Woods Inc. stock		169,000		179,000
Total		$509,000		$546,000

(Assume a zero balance for any Fair Value Adjustment account.)

(a)		What entry would Whispering make at December 31, 2020, to record the investment in Arroyo Company stock if it chooses to report this security using the fair value option?
(b)		What entry would Whispering make at December 31, 2020, to record the investments in the Lee and Woods corporations, assuming that Whispering did not select the fair value option for these investments?

(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)