Nash Company cans a variety of vegetable-type soups. Recently, the company decided to value its inventories using dollar-value LIFOpools. The clerk who accounts for inventories does not understand how to value the inventory pools using this new method, so, as aprivate consultant, you have been asked to teach him how this new method works.He has provided you with the following information about purchases made over a 6-year period.DateEnding Inventory(End-of-Year Prices)Price IndexDec. 31, 2021$81,300100Dec. 31, 2022114,704107Dec. 31, 2023111,386122Dec. 31, 2024134,463133Dec. 31, 2025152,581143Dec. 31, 2026180,708148You have already explained to him how this inventory method is maintained, but he would feel better about it if you were to leave himdetailed instructions explaining how these calculations are done and why he needs to put all inventories at a base-year value.(a) Compute the ending inventory for Nash Company for 2021 through 2026 using dollar-value LIFO.Ending Inventory2021$2022$2023$2024$2025$2026$

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