However, to record the combination at its s520,000 cost,Adams cannot use all of the above fair val- ues. The purchase method solution was to require that Adams reduce the valuation assigned to the acquired long-term assets(and and building) proportionately by s90,000(s610,000 The total of the long-term assets, in this case $600,000, provided the basis for allocating the reduction. Thus, Adams would reduce the acquired land by(216 and the building by(4/6 S60,000. Adams's journal entry to record the combination usingthe purchase method would then be as follows: