Valley Company's adjusted account balances from its general ledger on August $31,$ its fiscal year$-$end, follows. It categorizes the following accounts as selling expenses: sales salaries expense, rent expense$-$selling space, store supplies expense, and advertising expense. It categorizes the remaining expenses as general and administrative.

$\backslash$table$[[$Adjusted Account Balances,Debit,Credit$],[$Merchandise inventory $($ending$),38,500,],[$Other $($non$-$inventory$)$ assets,$154,000,],[$Total liabilities,,$$44,468$