Cameron Co$.$ established a $$172$ petty cash fund on January $1,2023.$ One week later, on January $8,$ the fund contained $$33\mathrm{.}43$ in cash and receipts for these expenditures: postage, $$48\mathrm{.}16$; transportation$-$in$,$ $$30\mathrm{.}96$; store supplies, $$37\mathrm{.}59$; and a withdrawal of $$21\mathrm{.}86$ by Jim Cameron, the owner. Cameron uses the perpetual method to account for merchandise inventory.

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