Perpetual Inventory Using FIFO

Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for portable game players are as follows:

Apr. $1$ Inventory $48$ units @ $$67$

$10$ Sale $31$ units

$15$ Purchase $20$ units @ $$71$

$20$ Sale $25$ units

$24$ Sale $5$ units

$30$ Purchase $38$ units @ $$75$

The business maintains a perpetual inventory system, costing by the first$-$in$,$ first$-$out method.

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a$.$ Determine the cost of the merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit $3.$ Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Perpetual Inventory Account

First$-$in$,$ First$-$out Method

Portable Game Playersb. Based upon the preceding data, would you expect the ending inventory to be higher or lower using the last$-$in$,$ first$-$out method?