Exercise 5-4 (Algo) Periodic: Gross profit effects of inventory methods LO A1

Required information Use the following information for the Exercises below. (Algo) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product. The Company uses a periodic inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 234 units, where 180 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 49 are from beginning inventory. Date Activities Jan. 1 Beginning inventory Jan. 10 Sales Jan. 20 Purchase Jan. 25 Sales Jan. 30 Purchase Units Acquired at Cost Units sold at Retail 157 units @ $6.00 = $ 942 83 units @ $15.00 77 units @ $5.00 = 385 97 units @ $15.00 180 units @ $4.50 = 810 414 units $2,137 180 units Totals Exercise 5-4 (Algo) Periodic: Gross profit effects of inventory methods LO A1 1. Compute gross profit for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. 2. Which method yields the highest gross profit? 3. Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit