Part $1($Chapter $1)$: Research Case $$ Coca$-$Cola Access a recent copy of The Coca$-$Cola Company$$s SEC $10-$K filing at www$.$coca$-$cola.com and address the following: $1.$ What companies does Coca$-$cola describe as significant equity method investments? How do these investments help Coca$-$cola? $2.$ What criteria does Coca$-$cola use in choosing to apply the equity method for these investments? $3.$ How does Coca$-$cola describe its application of the equity method? $4.$ What amount of equity income did Coca$-$cola report? $5.$ Coca$-$cola discloses the fair values of its publicly traded bottlers accounted for as equity method investments. List the carrying amounts and fair values for these equity method investments that have publicly traded data. Discuss the relevance of each of these two values. Part $2($Chapter $2)$: Research Case $$ Peloton$$s Acquisition of Precor On April $1,2021,$ Peloton Interactive $($Peloton$)$ acquired Precor, Inc. Access Peloton$$s $2021$ financial statements and media reports near the time of the acquisition, and answer the following questions: $1.$ Why did Peloton acquire Precor? $2.$ How did Peloton account for the Precor acquisition? $3.$ What amount of goodwill did Peloton recognize in the combination? Prepare a schedule that computes the goodwill recognized in the acquisition as the difference between the consideration transferred for Precor and the fair values of the individually identified assets and liabilities acquired. $4.$ What were the acquisition$-$related costs Peloton incurred regarding the combination, and how were these costs accounted for? $5.$ How did Peloton report the Precor acquisition in its $2021$ statement of cash flows? Part $3($Chapter $4)$: Research Case $$ Costco$$s Noncontrolling Interests Costco Wholesale Corporation owns and operates membership warehouses in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, and Iceland. Costco also engages in retail operations through a majority$-$owned subsidiary in Taiwan. The outside equity interests $($not owned by Costco$)$ in the Taiwanese subsidiary are presented as noncontrolling interests in Costco$$s consolidated financial statements. Access Costco$$s $202110-$K annual report, and answer the following: $1.$ How does Costco present the noncontrolling interest in the following financial statements? Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Income Statement Consolidated Statement of Other Comprehensive Income Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows $2.$ Explain how Costco$$s presentations of the noncontrolling interest reflect the acquisition method for consolidated financial reporting as a single economic entity.