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Follow the same price changes through two retail inventory schedules to see why the markdown changes the ratio and the value assigned to unsold merchandise.

A batch of lamps costs $60 per unit and is expected to sell for $68. See how finishing, selling, and shipping costs can still trigger a year-end write-down.

Use the same four inventory balances to see when one product’s expected margin can offset another product’s decline.

The same inventory produces three possible write-downs. Follow the item, category, and total comparisons to see which declines can offset one another.

Follow a retailer from price tags to a $33,750 ending inventory. See which costs enter the current-year ratio and what happens when a layer shrinks.

Record one year-end inventory decline two ways, reconcile gross profit to pretax income, and follow the reduced inventory cost into next year’s sale.

Follow one retailer’s sales through gross profit, current taxes, and ending inventory. See what changes when purchase prices fall and how to read a LIFO disclosure.

Use delivery terms and control to reconcile a physical count with the inventory a business should report at year-end.

Price one sale before and after a later delivery. Follow FIFO, LIFO, and weighted average under both systems and check where every dollar went.

Which purchase cost belongs to a sale? Apply specific identification, FIFO, LIFO, and weighted average to the same stockroom and reconcile the results.