Brooks Co. purchases various investments in trading securities at a cost of $57,000 on December 27, 2017. (This is its first and only purchase of such securities.) At December 31, 2017, these securities had a fair value of $69,000.

1. & 3. Prepare the December 31, 2017, year-end adjusting entry for the trading securities' portfolio and the January 3, 2018, entry when Brooks sells a portion of its trading securities (that had originally cost $28,500) for $31,500. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Frost corporation incurred the following transactions during its first year of operations. (assume all transactions involve cash.) 1) acquired $1,900 of capital from the owners. 2) purchased $435 of direct raw materials. 3) used $290 of these direct raw materials in the production process. 4) paid production workers $490 cash. 5) paid $290 for manufacturing overhead (applied and actual overhead are the same). 6) started and completed 250 units of inventory. 7) sold 140 units at a price of $6 each. 8) paid $130 for selling and administrative expenses. the amount of raw material inventory on the balance sheet at the end of the accounting period would be: