Inventory Methods under the Periodic Inventory System
Robin Inc.s inventory records show the following data for purchases and sales of units.
The actual ending units remaining at May were purchased on the following dates:
Required
Assuming that Robin maintains a periodic inventory system with a monthly physical count, compute ending inventory on May under specific identification, average cost, FIFO, and LIFO.
Specific identification
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average cost periodic inventory system
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FIFO periodic inventory system
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FIFO periodic inventory system
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LIFO periodic inventory system
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I need to know why lifo and fifo's ending inventory are calculated the way they are.