Periodic Inventory by Three Methods

The units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows:

Jan. 1	Inventory	10 units at $50
Feb. 17	Purchase	12 units at $51
Jul. 21	Purchase	18 units at $52
Nov. 23	Purchase	19 units at $52

There are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at December 31. The periodic inventory system is used. Round average unit cost to two decimals and final answers to the nearest whole dollar, if required.

a. Determine the inventory cost by the first-in, first-out method. $ b. Determine the inventory cost by the last-in, first-out method. $ c. Determine the inventory cost by the weighted average cost method