Question: Show me the steps to solve Exercise SA 1 - 5 Sale of equity method investment: On January 1 , 2 0 1 7 ,

Show me the steps to solve Exercise SA1-5 Sale of equity method investment:
On January 1,2017, Lund Corporation purchases a 30% interest in Aluma-Boat Company for $200,000. At the time of the purchase, Aluma-Boat has total stockholders equity of $400,000. Any excess of cost over the equity purchased is attributed in part to machinery worth $50,000 more than book value with a remaining useful life of five years. Any remaining excess would be allocated to goodwill. Aluma-Boat reports the following income and dividend distributions in 2017 and 2018:
20172018
Income. ...........................$50,000 $45,000
Dividends declared and paid ............10,00010,000
Lund sells its investment in Aluma-Boat Company on January 2,2019, for $230,000. Record the sale of the investments assuming the use of the equity method. You may ignore income taxes. Carefully schedule the investment account balance at the time of the sale.

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