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A company pays $3,400,000 to purchase another company's assets and liabilities. The fair value of the net assets being purchased is $3,200,000. How much goodwill is reported?Select answer from the options below$3,200,000$200,000$0$3,400,000

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A company pays 3,400,000topurchaseanothercompanysassetsandliabilities.Thefairvalueofthenetassetsbeingpurchasedis3,400,000 to purchase another company's assets and liabilities. The fair value of the net assets being purchased is 3,200,000. How much goodwill is reported?Select answer from the options below3,200,0003,200,000200,000003,400,000

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The amount of goodwill reported is calculated by subtracting the fair value of the net assets being purchased from the purchase price.

Here's the calculation:

3,400,000(purchaseprice)3,400,000 (purchase price) - 3,200,000 (fair value of net assets) = $200,000

So, the amount of goodwill reported would be $200,000.

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