Pronghorn Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. The corporation's books disclosed the following. Beginning inventory Purchases for the year Purchase returns $183,500 358,400 30,000 Sales revenue Sales returns Rate of gross profit on net sales $683,600 22,800 30 % Merchandise with a selling price of $23,100 remained undamaged after the fire. Damaged merchandise with an original selling price of $15,000 had a net realizable value of $5,800. Compute the amount of the loss as a result of the fire, assuming that the corporation had no insurance coverage. Amount of the loss $ 28540