A hurricane destroyed the inventory of Metal Supplies on September 21 of the current year. Although some of the accounting information was destroyed, the following information was discovered for the period of January 1 through September 21 :

The gross margin for Metal Supplies has traditionally been 25 percent of sales.
Required

a. For the period ending September 21, compute the following:
(1) Estimated gross margin.
(2) Estimated cost of goods sold.
(3) Estimated inventory at September 21.

b. Assume that \(\$ 10,000\) of the inventory was not damaged. What is the amount of the loss from the hurricane?

c. Metal Supplies uses the perpetual inventory system. If some of the accounting records had not been destroyed, how would Metal determine the amount of the inventory loss?

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Beginning inventory, January 1 Purchases through September 21 Sales through September 21 $ 70,000 360,000 500,000