Rolfe Company (a U.S.-based company) has a subsidiary in Nigeria where the local currency unit is the naira (NGN). On December 31, 2016, the subsidiary had the following balance sheet (amounts are in thousands (000's)):

The subsidiary acquired the inventory on August 1, 2016, and the land and building in 2010. It issued the common stock in 2008. During 2017, the following transactions took place:
2017_____________________________________________________________
Feb. 1 ............... Paid 8,000,000 NGN on the note payable.
May 1 ............... Sold entire inventory for 16,000,000 NGN on account.
June 1 ............... Sold land for 6,000,000 NGN cash.
Aug. 1 ............... Collected all accounts receivable.
Sept. 1 ............... Signed long-term note to receive 8,000,000 NGN cash.
Oct. 1 ............... Bought inventory for 20,000,000 NGN cash.
Nov. 1 ............... Bought land for 3,000,000 NGN on account.
Dec. 1 ............... Declared and paid 3,000,000 NGN cash dividend to parent.
Dec. 31 ............... Recorded depreciation for the entire year of 2,000,000 NGN.
The U.S dollar ($) exchange rates for 1 NGN are as follows:
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NGN 1 = $0.0048
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0042
August 1, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0062
December 31, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0064
February 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0066
May 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0068
June 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0070
August 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0074
September 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0076
October 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0078
November 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0080
December 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0082
December 31, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0084
Average for 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 = 0.0074
a. Assuming the NGN is the subsidiary's functional currency, what is the translation adjustment determined solely for 2017?
b. Assuming the U.S.$ is the subsidiary's functional currency, what is the remeasurement gain or loss determined solely for 2017?

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NGN 16,000 10,000 4,000 40,000 Accumulated depreclation ....(20.000) NGN 50,000 Cash Inventory Note payable Common stock Retained earnings.... NGN 20,000 20,000 10,000 NGN 50,000