On January 1, 2005, Poe Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. Poe’s entire inventory constitutes a single pool. Inventory data for 2005 and 2006 are as follows:

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Date

Inventory at current year cost

Inventory at base year cost

Relevant price index

1/1/05

$150,000

$150,000

1.00

12/31/05

220,000

200,000

1.10

12/31/06

276,000

230,000

1.20

Poe’s LIFO inventory value at December 31, 2006, is

  1. $230,000
  2. $236,000
  3. $241,000
  4. $246,000