Question: Wolfe Computer is a U . S . company that manufactures portable personal computers. Many of the components for the computer are purchased abroad, and

Wolfe Computer is a U.S. company that manufactures portable personal computers. Many of the components for the computer are purchased abroad, and the finished product is sold in foreign countries as well as in the United States. Among the recent transactions of Wolfe are the following:
October 28 Purchased from Mitsutonka, a Japanese company, 20,000 disk drives. The purchase price was 184,000,000, payable in 30 days. Current exchange rate, $0.0105 per yen. (Wolfe uses the perpetual inventory method; debit the Inventory of Raw Materials account).
November 9 Sold 700 personal computers to the Bank of England for 700,000 due in 30 days. The cost of the computers, to be debited to the Cost of Goods Sold account, was $518,000. Current exchange rate, $1.65 per British pound. (Use one compound journal entry to record the sale and the cost of goods sold. In recording the cost of goods sold, credit Inventory of Finished Goods).
November 27 Issued a check to Inland Bank for $1,836,000 in full payment of account payable to Mitsutonka.
December 2 Purchased 10,000 gray-scale monitors from German Optical for 1,000,000, payable in 60 days. Current exchange rate, $0.7030 per euro. (Debit Inventory of Raw Materials).
December 9 Collected dollar-equivalent of 700,000 from the Bank of England. Current exchange rate, $1.63 per British pound.
December 11 Sold 10,000 personal computers to Computique, a Swiss retail chain, for SFr27,500,000, due in 30 days. Current exchange rate, $0.6000 per Swiss franc. The cost of the computers, to be debited to Cost of Goods Sold and credited to Inventory of Finished Goods, is $7,400,000.

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