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

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) : $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Inventories } & \$ 10 \\\hline \text { Property. Plant \& Equipment (net) } & \$ 200 \\\hline \text { Patents (net) } & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Goodwill } & \$ 75 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 425 \\\hline\end{array}$
On December 31st, 2013, the fair values of the assets listed above were as follows:
$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 15 \\\hline \text { Inventories } & \$ 25 \\\hline \text { Property. Plant \& Equipment (net) } & \$ 120 \\\hline \text { Patents (net) } & \$ 60 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 320 \\\hline\end{array}$
Both ABC and Aerospace Inc. adhere to IFRS.

-Given the information provided above, what would be the carrying value of Aerospace Inc's Patents on January 1^st, 2014?

A) Nil.
B) $100 million.
C) $50 million.
D) $130 million.

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