Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2016. Available information follows: The inventory at January 1, 2016, had a retail value of $47,000 and a cost of $30,860 based on the conventional retail method. Transactions during 2016 were as follows: Cost Retail Gross purchases $ 301,860 $ 510,000 Purchase returns 6,100 12,000 Purchase discounts 5,200 Gross sales 476,000 Sales returns 8,000 Employee discounts 6,000 Freight-in 27,500 Net markups 27,000 Net markdowns 12,000 Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts. The retail value of the December 31, 2017, inventory was $92,560, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2017 under the LIFO retail method was 65%, and the appropriate price index was 104% of the January 1, 2017, price level. The retail value of the December 31, 2018, inventory was $50,290, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2018 under the LIFO retail method was 64%, and the appropriate price index was 107% of the January 1, 2017, price level. Required: 1. Estimate ending inventory for 2016 using the conventional retail method. 2. Estimate ending inventory for 2016 assuming Raleigh Department Store used the LIFO retail method. 3. Assume Raleigh Department Store adopts the dollar-value LIFO retail method on January 1, 2017. Estimating ending inventory for 2017 and 2018.