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Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of $180$ units from the January $30$ purchase, $5$ units from the January $20$ purchase, and $15$ units from beginning inventory.

$\backslash$table$[[$Date$,$Activities,Units Acquired at cost$,,$Units sold at Retail$],[$January $1,$Beginning inventory,$140$ units,a$,$$$6\mathrm{.}00=,$$$840,,],[$January $10,$Sales,,,,,$100$ units,a $ $15],[$January $20,$Purchase,$60$ units,a$,$$$5\mathrm{.}00=,300,,],[$January $25,$Sales,,,,,$80$ units,@ $ $15],[$January $30,$Purchase,$180$ units,a$,$$$4\mathrm{.}50=,810,,],[,$Totals,$380$ units,,,$$1,950,180$ units,$]]$

Assume the perpetual inventory system is used.

Required:

Compute gross profit for the month of January for Laker Company for the four inventory methods.

Which method yields the highest gross profit?

Does gross profit using weighted average fall between that using FIFO and LIFO?

If costs were rising instead of falling, which method would yield the highest gross profit?

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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.

$\backslash$table$[[$LAKER COMPANY$],[$For Month Ended January $31],[,\backslash$table$[[$Specific$],[$Identification$]],\backslash$table$[[$Weighted$],[$Average$]],$FIFO,LIFO$],[$Sales$],[$Cost of goods sold$],[$Gross profit,,,,$]]$