Required information 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 to 4 Compute gross profit for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. Note: Round cost per unit to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollars. LAKER COMPANY For Month Ended January 31 Specific Identification Weighted Average FIFO LIFO Sales Cost of goods sold Gross profit $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Required information 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 to 4 2. Which method yields the highest gross profit? 3. Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit? 2. Which method yields the highest gross profit? 3. Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit? Required information Use the following information for the Exercises 3-7 below. (Algo) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product. The Company uses a periodic inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 218 units, where 180 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 33 are from beginning inventory. Date Activities January 1 Beginning inventory January 10 Sales January 20 Purchase January 25 Sales January 30 Purchase Totals Units Acquired at Cost 149 units $ 6.00 = 69 units $ 5.88 = 188 units $ 4.50 = 398 units Units sold at Retail $894 91 units @ 345 89 units @ $15.00 $ 15.00 818 $ 2,849 180 units Exercise 5-4 (Algo) Periodic: Gross profit effects of inventory methods LO A1 1. Compute gross profit for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. 2. Which method yields the highest gross profit? 3. Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? 4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit?