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The records at the end of January of the current year for Young Company showed the following for a particular kind of merchandise:
Beginning Inventory at FIFO: 17 Units @ $18 = $306
Beginning Inventory at LIFO: 17 Units @ $14 = $238
| January Transactions | Units | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
| Purchase, January 9 | 30 | $ | 16 | $ | 480 |
| Purchase, January 20 | 51 | | 21 | | 1,071 |
| Sale, January 21 (at $41 per unit) | 38 | | | | |
| Sale, January 27 (at $42 per unit) | 30 | | | | |
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Required:
1. Compute the inventory turnover ratio for the month of January under the FIFO and LIFO inventory costing methods.
2. Which costing method is the more accurate indicator of the efficiency of inventory management?
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