Garcia Home Improvement Company installs replacement siding, windows, and louvered glass doors for single-family homes and condominium complexes in northern New Jersey and southern New York. The company is in the process of preparing its annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016, and Jim Alcide, controller for Garcia, has gathered the following data concerning inventory. At May 31, 2016, the balance in Garcia's Raw Material inventory account was $400,00 and the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV had a credit balance of $12, 500 Alcide summarized the relevant inventory cost and market data at May 31, 2016, in the schedule below Alcide assigned Patricia Devereaux, an intern from a local college, the task of calculating the amount that should appear on Garcia's May 31, 2016, financial statements for inventory under the lower-of-cost-or-NRV rule as applied to each item in inventory. Devereaux expressed concern over departing from the cost principle Instructions: Determine the proper balance in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV at May 31, 2016. Calculations of Proper Balance on the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV At May 31, 2016