Suppose Alpine Sportswear suffered a fire loss and needs to estimate the cost of the goods destroyed. Beginning inventory was $110,000, net purchases totaled $660,000, and salescame to $1,100,000. Alpine's normal gross margin percentage is 51%. Use the gross margin method to estimate the cost of the inventory lost in the fire.Select one:O $539,000O $231,000$561,000$770,000

Gross Margin = (Total Revenue – Cost of Goods Sold)/Total Revenue

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