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Culver, Inc. had the following equity investment portfolio at January 1, 2017. Evers Company 990 shares @ $14 each $13,860 Rogers Company 890 shares @ $19 each 16,910 Chance Company 480 shares @ $10 each 4,800 Equity investments @ cost 35,570 Fair value adjustment (7,590 ) Equity investments @ fair value $27,980 During 2017, the following transactions took place. 1. On March 1, Rogers Company paid a $2 per share dividend. 2. On April 30, Culver, Inc. sold 310 shares of Chance Company for $12 per share. 3. On May 15, Culver, Inc. purchased 110 more shares of Evers Company stock at $17 per share. 4. At December 31, 2017, the stocks had the following price per share values: Evers $18, Rogers $18, and Chance $9. During 2018, the following transactions took place. 5. On February 1, Culver, Inc. sold the remaining Chance shares for $9 per share. 6. On March 1, Rogers Company paid a $2 per share dividend. 7. On December 21, Evers Company declared a cash dividend of $3 per share to be paid in the next month. 8. At December 31, 2018, the stocks had the following price per share values: Evers $20 and Rogers $20. Prepare journal entries for each of the above transactions. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select