Part A - Santana Rey of Business Solutions is evaluating her inventory to determine whether it must be adjusted based on lower of cost or market rules. Business Solutions has three different types of software in its inventory and the following information is available for each.

Per Unit

Inventory Items Units Cost Market

Office productivity 5 $ 85 $ 83

Desktop publishing 4 113 109

Accounting 5 99 105

Required:

1(a). Compute the lower of cost or market for ending inventory assuming Rey applies the lower of cost or market rule to inventory as a whole.

2(a). Compute the lower of cost or market rule to each product in inventory.

2(b). Must Rey adjust the reported inventory value?

Part B - Selected accounts and balances for the three months ended March 31, 2012, for Business Solutions follow.

January 1 beginning inventory $ 0

Cost of goods sold 33,614

March 31 ending inventory 1,372

Required:

1. Compute inventory turnover and days' sales in inventory for the three months ended March 31, 2012.