ABC Company has elected to adopt the dollar-value LIFO inventory method when the inventory is valued at $125,000. The adoption takes place as of January 1, 20X1 when the entire inventory represents a single pool. ABC Company determined that the inventory at December 31, 20X1 was $144,375 at current year cost and $131,250 at base year cost using a relevant price index of 1.10. The inventory at December 31, 20X1 under dollar value LIFO is

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?