On April 8, 2019, a flood destroyed the warehouse of Stuco Distributing Co.

From the waterlogged records of the company, management was able to determine that the firm's gross profit ratio had averaged 35% for the past several years and that the inventory at the beginning of the year was $57,600.

It also was determined that during the year until the date of the flood, sales had totaled $100,000 and purchases totaled $62,490. Required: Calculate the amount of inventory loss from the flood.