Exercise 6 4 Perpetual Inventory Systems 06 31 o6 8) Ranns Supply uses a perpetual inventory system. On January 1, its inventory account had a beginning balance of $6,200,000. Ranns engaged in the following transactions during the year 1. Purchased merchandise inventory for $9,200,000 2. Generated net sales of $25,000,000. 3. Recorded inventory shrinkage of $10,000 after taking a physical inventory at year-end 4. Reported gross profit for the year of $18,000,000 in its income statement a. At what amount was Cost of Goods Sold reported in the company's year-end income statement? b. At what amount was Merchandise Inventory reported in the company's year-end balance sheet? Merchandise inventory c. Immediately prior to recording inventory shrinkage at the end of the year, what was the balance of the Cost of Goods Sold and Merchandise Inventory account? Balance Cost of goods sold Ending inventory US