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On January 1, 2018, HGC Camera Store adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. Inventory transactions at both cost and retail, and cost indexes for 2018 and 2019 are as follows:

	2018						2019
	Cost			Retail			Cost			Retail
Beginning inventory	$	42,000		$	60,000
Net purchases		94,500			118,000		$	108,108		$	133,200
Freight-in		3,000						3,500
Net markups					15,000						10,000
Net markdowns					3,000						3,200
Net sales to customers					117,360						119,890
Sales to employees (net of 10% discount)					3,600						6,300
Price Index:
January 1, 2018											1.00
December 31, 2018											1.04
December 31, 2019											1.09

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Required: Estimate the 2018 and 2019 ending inventory and cost of goods sold using the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. (Do not round other intermediate calculations. Round your cost-to-retail percentage calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

	2018 2019 Estimated ending inventory at retail Estimated ending inventory at cost Estimated cost of goods sold

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