Forester Company has five products in its inventory. Information about the December 31, 2018, inventory follows.

Product		Quantity		Unit Cost				Unit Replacement Cost				Unit Selling Price
A		900		$	16			$	18			$	22
B		1,000			21				17				24
C		900			9				8				14
D		1,000			13				10				12
E		900			20				18				19

The cost to sell for each product consists of a 10 percent sales commission. The normal profit percentage for each product is 40 percent of the selling price. Required: 1. Determine the carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2018, assuming the lower of cost or market (LCM) rule is applied to individual products. 2a. Determine the carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2018, assuming the LCM rule is applied to the entire inventory. 2b. Assuming inventory write-downs are usual business practice for Forester, record any necessary year-end adjusting entry.

Determine the carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2018, assuming the lower of cost or market (LCM) rule is applied to individual products. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Product (units)	RC	NRV	NRV-NP	Market	Cost	Inventory Value
A (900)
B (1000)
C (900)
D (1000)
E (900)
Total				$0	$0	$0

Determine the carrying value of inventory at December 31, 2018, assuming the LCM rule is applied to the entire inventory. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Inventory carrying value

Assuming the inventory write-downs are usual business practice for Forester, record any necessary year-end adjusting entry. (Do not round intermediate calculations. If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

1. Record any necessary year-end adjusting entry assuming that inventory write-downs are common for Forester Company.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Event	General Journal	Debit	Credit
1