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Teal Mountain Inc. accumulates the following cost and market data at December 31. Inventory Categories Cost Data Market Data Cameras $10,252 $11,362 Camcorders 8,074 8,774 DVDs 10,987 9,547 Compute the lower-of-cost-or-market valuation for company’s inventory. The lower-of-cost-or-market value $
| Ans. | Item | Cost Data | Market Data | Lower of Cost or Market Value | |
| Cameras | $10,252 | $11,362 | $10,252 | ||
| Camcorders | $8,074 | $8,774 | $8,774 | ||
| DVDs | $10,987 | $9,547 | $9,547 | ||
| Total | $28,573 | ||||
| *Lower of cost or market value (LCM) = Lower value between total cost and total market | |||||
| *Cost data is lower in the inventory categories of Cameras and Camcorders & market data is lower in DVDs. | |||||
| So the LCM (lower of cost or market value) will be selected as cost data for Cameras and camcorders & the | |||||
| market data for DVDs. |