Milo Clothing experienced the following events during Year $1,$ its first year of operation:

Acquired $$30,000$ cash from the issue of common stock.

Purchased inventory for $$15,000$ cash.

Sold inventory costing $$9,000$ for $$20,000$ cash.

Paid $$1,500$ for advertising expense.

Required

a$.$ Record the general journal entries for the preceding transactions.

b$.$ Post each of the entries to T$-$accounts.

c$.$ Prepare a trial balance to prove the equality of debits and credits.