Exercise 6-20 The inventory of Monty Corp. was destroyed by fire on March 1. From an examination of the accounting records, the following data for the first 2 months of the year are obtained: Sales Revenue $52,000, Sales Returns and Allowances $1,500, Purchases $35,500, Freight-In $1,400, and Purchase Returns and Allowances $1,600. Determine the merchandise lost by fire, assuming: A beginning inventory of $21,500 and a gross profit rate of 40% on net sales. Estimated cost of merchandise lost A beginning inventory of $37,500 and a gross profit rate of 30% on net sales. Estimated cost of merchandise lost $