Adams, a general contractor, Brinks, an architect, and Carson, an interior decorator, formed the Dex Home Improvement General Partnership by contributing assets as follows: Fair % of Partner Share Adjusted Market in Capital Asset Basis Value Profits and Losses Adams Cash $40,000 $40,000 50% Brinks Land $12,000 $21,000 20% Carson Inventory $24,000 $24,000 30% The land was a capital asset to Brinks, subject to a $5,000 mortgage, which was assumed by the partnership. Brinks' initial basis in Dex is:

Inventory by three methods; cost of goods sold the units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows: jan. 1 inventory 20 units at $1,800 may 15 purchase 31 units at $1,950 aug. 7 purchase 13 units at $2,040 nov. 20 purchase 16 units at $2,100 there are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at december 31. determine the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold by three methods, presenting your answers in the following form: round your final answers to the nearest dollar. cost inventory method ending inventory cost of goods sold a. first-in, first-out method $ $ b. last-in, first-out method $ $ c. weighted average cost method $ $