Exercise 9-15

Adams Legler requires an estimate of the cost of goods lost by fire on March 9. Merchandise on hand on January 1 was $40,800. Purchases since January 1 were $66,800; freight-in, $3,600; purchase returns and allowances, $2,200. Sales are made at 33 ¹/₃% above cost and totaled $107,100 to March 9. Goods costing $11,900 were left undamaged by the fire; remaining goods were destroyed.

Part A: Compute the cost of goods destroyed. (Round gross profit percentage and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 15% or 125.)

Cost of goods destroyed:

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Part B: Compute the cost of goods destroyed, assuming that the gross profit is 33 1/3% of sales. (Round ratios for computational purposes to 5 decimal places, e.g. 78.72345% and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 28,987.)
Cost of goods destroyed $:		$