Topic: translation and remeasurement gains and losses on january 1, 2020, a hong kong subsidiary was acquired by a u. s. company. the subsidiary’s trial balances for the beginning and end of 2020 appear below, in hong kong dollars (hk$): january 1, 2020 december 31, 2020 dr (cr) dr (cr) cash and receivables hk$ 2,000 hk$ 1,600 plant assets, net 10,000 9,000 liabilities (9,000) (7,100) capital stock (500) (500) retained earnings, beginning (2,500) (2,500) sales revenue (8,000) depreciation expense 1,000 other operating expenses _6,500 hk$ 0 hk$ 0 sales revenue and other operating expenses occurred evenly during 2020. exchange rates (u. s. dollars/hk$) are as follows: january 1, 2020 $0.120 average for 2020 0.130 december 31, 2020 0.136

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a. the subsidiary’s functional currency is the hong kong dollar. calculate the translation gain or loss for 2020. specify whether it is a gain or loss.

b. the subsidiary’s functional currency is the u. s. dollar. calculate the remeasurement gain or loss for 2020. specify whether it is a gain or loss.