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Selk Steel Company, which began operations in Year $1,$ had the following transactions and events in its long$-$term investments.

Year $1$

January $5$ Selk purchased $60,000$ shares $(20\%$ of total$)$ of Kildaire's common stock for $$1,560,000.$

October $23$ Kildaire declared and paid a cash dividend of $$3\mathrm{.}20$ per share.

December $31$ Kildaire$$s net income for the year is $$1,164,000,$ and the fair value of its stock at December $31$ is $$30\mathrm{.}00$ per share.

Year $2$

October $15$ Kildaire declared and paid a cash dividend of $$2\mathrm{.}60$ per share.

December $31$ Kildaire$$s net income for the year is $$1,476,000,$ and the fair value of its stock at December $31$ is $$32\mathrm{.}00$ per share.

Year $3$

January $2$ Selk sold $3\%($equal to $1,800$ shares$)$ of its investment in Kildaire for $$54,200$ cash.

Problem $15-5$A $($Static$)$ Accounting for long$-$term investments in stock with significant influence LO P$5$

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Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events for Selk. Assume that Selk has a significant influence over Kildaire with its $20\%$ share of stock.