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The Assets of the Aerospace Inc On December 31st, 2013, the Fair Values of the Assets

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The assets of the Aerospace Inc. (a separately incorporated entity fully owned subsidiary of ABC Transport Inc.) showed the following asset carrying values on December 31st, 2013 (in millions) :  Cash $100 Accounts Receivable $20 Inventories $10 Property. Plant & Equipment (net)  $200 Patents (net)  $20 Goodwill $75 Total $425\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Inventories } & \$ 10 \\\hline \text { Property. Plant \& Equipment (net) } & \$ 200 \\\hline \text { Patents (net) } & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Goodwill } & \$ 75 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 425 \\\hline\end{array}
On December 31st, 2013, the fair values of the assets listed above were as follows:
 Cash $100 Accounts Receivable $15 Inventories $25 Property. Plant & Equipment (net)  $120 Patents (net)  $60 Total $320\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 15 \\\hline \text { Inventories } & \$ 25 \\\hline \text { Property. Plant \& Equipment (net) } & \$ 120 \\\hline \text { Patents (net) } & \$ 60 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 320 \\\hline\end{array}
Both ABC and Aerospace Inc. adhere to IFRS.

-Now suppose that on January 2nd, 2014, independent research reveals that Aerospace's patents have a market value of $200. The carrying value of Aerospace's Goodwill on that date would be:


A) Nil.
B) $255 million.
C) $200 million.
D) $105 million.

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