Presented below is information related to Whispering Company.

		Cost		Retail
Beginning inventory		$ 61,600		$107,300
Purchases (net)		120,170		180,700
Net markups				10,325
Net markdowns				26,679
Sales revenue				187,090

Ending inventory

$

Compute a cost-to-retail percentage under the following conditions. (Round ratios to 2 decimal places, e.g. 78.74%)

				Cost-to-retail percentage
(1)		Excluding both markups and markdowns.			%
(2)		Excluding markups but including markdowns.			%
(3)		Excluding markdowns but including markups.			%
(4)		Including both markdowns and markups.			%

Which of the methods in (b) above does the following?

(1)		Provides the most conservative estimate of ending inventory.		Excluding Both Markups and Markdowns.Excluding Markdowns but Including MarkupsExcluding Markups but Including MarkdownsIncluding Both Markdowns and Markups
(2)		Provides an approximation of lower-of-cost-or-market.		Excluding Both Markups and Markdowns.Excluding Markdowns but Including MarkupsExcluding Markups but Including MarkdownsIncluding Both Markdowns and Markups
(3)		Is used in the conventional retail method.		Excluding Both Markups and Markdowns.Excluding Markdowns but Including MarkupsExcluding Markups but Including MarkdownsIncluding Both Markdowns and Markups

Compute ending inventory at lower-of-cost-or-market. (Round ratio to 2 decimal places, e.g. 78.74% and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,225.)

Ending inventory

Compute cost of goods sold based on (d). (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,225.)

Cost of goods sold

Compute gross margin based on (d). (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,225.)

Gross margin