a company establishes control with its most recent of a series of purchases of company b's voting stock. what are the valuation implications for company a's investment in company b as of the date control is obtained? multiple choice question. company b will be valued in total as the sum of the acquisition prices of each of the series of purchases. company b will be valued as the sum of the preacquisition equity method balance plus the purchase price that established control. company b will be valued in total at its control-date fair value.