LeMay Department Store uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory for its monthly financial statements. The following data pertain to one of its largest departments for the month of March 2018 Cost Retail $. 57,088 77,000 224,000 417,e0e Beginning inventory Purchases Freight-in Purchase returns Net markups Net markdowns Normal breakage Net sales Employee discounts 16,69e 8,000 1e, 50e 7,500 5,200 10,500 297 , 000 1,90e Sales are recorded net of employee discounts Required 1. Compute estimated ending inventory and cost of goods sold for March applying the conventional retail method 2. Recompute the cost-to-retail percentage using the average cost method