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Plains Company Pays $15,000,000 in Cash to Acquire the Assets

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Plains Company pays $15,000,000 in cash to acquire the assets and liabilities of Southwest Corporation. Southwest's balance sheet at the date of acquisition, including fair values of reported assets and liabilities, appears below. In addition, Southwest has previously unreported technology valued at $2,000,000.
 Southwest Corporation  B ook Value  Fair Value  Assets  Current assets $5,000,000$3,000,000 Plant & equipment, net 20,000,00030,000,000 Total assets $25,000,000 Liabilities & Equity  Liabilities $22,000,00021,000,000 Capital stock 4,000,000 Retained earnings {950,000} AOCl {50,000} Total liabilities & equity $25,000,000\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline { \text { Southwest Corporation } } \\\hline & \text { B ook Value } & \text { Fair Value } \\\hline \text { Assets } & & \\\hline \text { Current assets } & \$ 5,000,000 & \$ 3,000,000 \\\hline \text { Plant \& equipment, net } & 20,000,000 & 30,000,000 \\\hline \text { Total assets } & \$ 25,000,000 & \\\hline & & \\\hline \text { Liabilities \& Equity } & & \\\hline \text { Liabilities } & \$ 22,000,000 & 21,000,000 \\\hline \text { Capital stock } & 4,000,000 & \\\hline \text { Retained earnings } & \{ 950,000 \} & \\\hline \text { AOCl } & \{ 50,000 \} & \\\hline \text { Total liabilities \& equity } & \$ 25,000,000 & \\\hline\end{array} Required
Prepare Plains' journal entry to record its acquisition of Southwest.

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