Jones Co. started the year with no inventory. During the year, it purchased two identical inventory items at different times. The first purchase cost $1,240 and the other, $1,480. Jones sold one of the items during the year.

Required:
Based on this information, how much product cost would be allocated to cost of goods sold and ending inventory on the year-end financial statements, assuming use of following cost flow assumptions:

a. FIFO?
b. LIFO?
c. Weighted average

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be: