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Luther Processing Company uses a weighted-average process costing system and manufactures a single product—a premium rug shampoo and cleaner. The company has just completed the manufacturing activity for the month of October. A partially completed production cost report for the month of October for the mixing department is shown below.
Calculate equivalent units and complete production cost report.
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Equivalent Units
Quantities
Physical Units
Materials
Conversion Costs
Units to be accounted for
Work in process, October 1 (all materials, 70% conversion
costs)
20,000
Started into production
160,000
Total units
180,000
Units accounted for
Transferred out
130,000
?
?
Work in process, October 31 (60% materials, 40% conversion
costs)
50,000
?
?
Total units accounted for
180,000
?
?
Costs
Materials
Conversion Costs
Total
Unit costs
Costs in October
$240,000
$105,000
$345,000
Equivalent units
?
?
Unit costs
$ ?
+
$ ?
=
$ ?
Costs to be accounted for
Work in process, October 1
$ 30,000
Started into production
315,000
Total costs
$345,000
Cost Reconciliation Schedule
Costs accounted for
Transferred out
$ ?
Work in process, October 31
Materials
?
Conversion costs
?
?
Total costs
$ ?
Instructions
a. Prepare a schedule that shows how the equivalent units were calculated so that you can complete the “Quantities: Units accounted for” equivalent units section of the production cost report, and calculate October unit costs.
Materials $1.50
b. Complete the “Cost Reconciliation Schedule” part of the production cost report above.
Transferred out $286,000Work in process $59,000 (Weygandt, 12/2017, pp. 161-162) Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., Kieso, D. E., Aly, I. M. (2017). Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision-Making, Canadian Edition, 5th Edition. [[VitalSource Bookshelf version]]. Retrieved from vbk://9781119403999 Always check citation for accuracy before use.