Lower-of-Cost-or-Market The inventory of Oheto Company on December 31, 2011, consists of the following items.
(a) Determine the inventory as of December 31, 2011, by the lower-of-cost-or-market method, applying this method directly to each item.
(b) Determine the inventory by the lower-of-cost-or-market method, applying the method to the total of the inventory.