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Boxwood Company sells blankets for $$30$ each. The following information was taken from the inventory records during May. The company had no beginning inventory on May $1.$ Boxwood uses a perpetual inventory system.

Date Blankets Units Cost

May $3$ Purchase $8$ $$19$

$10$ Sale $4$

$17$ Purchase $12$ $$14$

$20$ Sale $4$

$23$ Sale $3$

$30$ Purchase $9$ $$18$

Determine the May $31$ inventory balance using the FIFO inventory costing method.

a$.$ $$342$

b$.$ $$252$

c$.$ $$288$

d$.$ $$324$