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On December 1, 20X7, George Jimenez needed a little extra cash for the upcoming holiday season, and sold 250 shares of Microsoft stock for $57 per share less a broker's fee of $200 for the entire sale transaction. Prior to the sale, George held the following blocks of Microsoft stock (associated broker's fee paid at the time of purchase). (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places)
If his goal is to minimize his current capital gain, how much capital gain will George report from the sale?
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