P6-3 (Algo) Comparing and Contrasting the Effects of Inventory Costing Methods on Financial Statement Elements LO6-2, 6-3 Neverstop Corporation sells item A as part of its product line. Information about the beginning inventory, purchases, and sales of item A are given in the following table for the first six months of the current year. The company uses a perpetual inventory system: Required: 1. Compute the cost of ending inventory by using the weighted-average costing method. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. Compute the gross profit for the first six months of the current year by using the FIFO costing method. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)