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Phillips Corporation's fiscal year ends on November $30.$ The following accounts are found in its job order cost accounting system for the first month of the new fiscal year.

Raw Materials Inventory

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Dec$.1],[-31]],\backslash$table$[[$Beginning balance$],[$Purchases$]],\backslash$table$[[($a$)],[17,225]],$Dec. $31$ Requisitions,$$16,850$