**I already posted this question, but all of the answers were wrong.

On January 1, 2016, Aspen Company acquired 80 percent of Birch Company's voting stock for $438,000. Birch reported a $457,500 book value and the fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $109,500 on that date. Then, on January 1, 2017, Birch acquired 80 percent of Cedar Company for $200,000 when Cedar had a $205,000 book value and the 20 percent noncontrolling interest was valued at $50,000. In each acquisition, the subsidiary's excess acquisition-date fair over book value was assigned to a trade name with a 30-year remaining life.

These companies report the following financial information. Investment income figures are not included.