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On February 1, 2020, a company holds an inventory of a commodity carried at a cost of $2,000,000. The commodity's current market value is $2,100,000. To guard against a potential decline in the value of that inventory, the company purchases put options with a total strike price of $2,100,000 exercisable in 2 months, paying a total of $5,000 for the options. The puts qualify as a fair value hedge of the inventory. All income effects of the inventory and the hedge are reported in cost of goods sold. On March 15, 2021, the commodity's market price is $1,980,000 and the company closes the hedge by selling the put options for $122,000. The company sells its inventory later in the year for $2,000,000. The company has a December 31 year-end.
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Prepare the journal entries to record the following events:
a. Purchase of the puts
b. Closing of the hedge, including related adjusting entries
c. Sale of the inventory, assuming a perpetual inventory system
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