Required information[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]Armstrong Corporation manufactures bicycle parts. The company currently has a $19,700 inventory of parts that havebecome obsolete due to changes in design specifications. The parts could be sold for $7,200, or modified for $10,200 andsold for $20,700.Required:1. Identify the relevance of the data given in the exercise to the decision about what to do with the obsolete parts.Current sales value for unmodified partsSales value for modified partsModification costsCurrent book value of inventoryPrev1 2of 6Next >

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