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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product.

Date			Activities	Units Acquired at Cost								Units sold at Retail
Jan.	1		Beginning inventory	200	units	@	$	12.50	=	$	2,500
Jan.	10		Sales										160	units	@	$	21.50
Jan.	20		Purchase	130	units	@	$	11.50	=		1,495
Jan.	25		Sales										140	units	@	$	21.50
Jan.	30		Purchase	300	units	@	$	11.00	=		3,300
			Totals	630	units					$	7,295		300	units

The Company uses a perpetual inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 330 units, where 300 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 25 are from the beginning inventory.

Required: 1. Complete comparative income statements for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods. Assume expenses are $1,850 and that the applicable income tax rate is 40%. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) 2. Which method yields the highest net income? multiple choice 1

• Specific identification

• LIFO

• FIFO

• Weighted average

3. Does net income using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO? multiple choice 2

• No

• Yes

4. If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest net income? multiple choice 3

• FIFO

• LIFO

• Weighted average

• Specific identification