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Swifty Corporation traded machinery with a book value of $960860 and a fair value of $898000. It received in exchange from Blossom Company a machine

Swifty Corporation traded machinery with a book value of $960860 and a fair value of $898000. It received in exchange from Blossom Company a machine with a fair value of $1068620. Swifty also paid cash of $106862 in the exchange. Blossom's machine has a book value of $960860. What amount of gain or loss should Swifty recognize on the exchange (assuming lack of commercial substance)?

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