In: Accounting
A department adds materials at the beginning of the process and incurs conversion costs uniformly throughout the process. For the month of May, there was no beginning Work in Process; 46400 units were completed and transferred out; and there were 13700 units in the ending Work in Process that were 20% complete. During May, $162270 materials costs and $98280 conversion costs were charged to the department. How much are unit production costs for materials and conversion costs for May if the weighted-average method is used, rounded to the nearest whole cent? Materials Conversion Costs $4.34 $2.12 $3.30 $2.00 $4.96 $3.01 $2.70 $2.00
Answer: $2.70; $2.00 4th option
Material cost per equivalent unit = $162,270/60,100 = $ 2.70 per unit
Conversion cost per equivalent unit = $98,280/49,140 =$ 2.00 per unit
Working:
Physical flow Schedule |
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Units to Account for |
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Units In BWIP |
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Units Started during the period 46,400+13,700 |
60,100 |
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Total Units to account for |
60,100 |
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Units to Account for |
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Units Completed and transferred out |
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Started and Completed |
46,400 |
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Units in EWIP (20% complete) |
13,700 |
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Total Units to account for |
60,100 |
Whole Units |
% material |
Material |
% conversion |
Conversion |
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Units Completed and transferred out |
46,400 |
100% |
46,400 |
100% |
46,400 |
Ending work in |
13,700 |
100% |
13,700 |
20% |
2,740 |
Equivalent units of production for materials |
60,100 |
49,140 |