On January 1, 2014, Portland Company acquired all of Salem Company's voting stock for $10,000,000 in cash. Some of Salem's assets and liabilities at the date of purchase had fair values that differed from reported values, as follows:

	Book value	Fair value
Buildings and equipment, net (20 years, straight-line)	$9,000,000	$ 6,000,000
Identifiable intangibles (5 years, straight-line)	0	3,500,000

Salem's total shareholders' equity at January 1, 2014, was $3,000,000. It is now December 31, 2017 (four years later). Salem's retained earnings reflect the accumulation of net income less dividends; there have been no other changes in its retained earnings. Salem does not report any other comprehensive income. Cumulative goodwill impairment to the beginning of 2017 is $750,000. Goodwill impairment for 2017 is $250,000. Portland uses the complete equity method to account for its investment. The December 31, 2017, trial balance for Salem appears below.

	Salem Dr (Cr)
Current assets	$1,500,000
Plant assets, net	21,500,000
Liabilities	(7,000,000)
Capital stock	(3,500,000)
Retained earnings, January 1	(11,000,000)
Sales revenue	(9,000,000)
Cost of goods sold	4,000,000
Operating expense	3,500,000
	$ 0

On the 2017 consolidation working paper, eliminating entry (R) reduces Investment in Salem by

$5,350,000

$4,600,000

$1,150,000

$5,750,000

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