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Warnerwoods Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered
into the following purchases and sales transactions for
March.
Date | Activities | Units Acquired at Cost | Units Sold at Retail | |||||||||
Mar. | 1 | Beginning inventory | 160 | units | @ $52.20 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 5 | Purchase | 255 | units | @ $57.20 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 9 | Sales | 320 | units | @ $87.20 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 18 | Purchase | 115 | units | @ $62.20 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 25 | Purchase | 210 | units | @ $64.20 per unit | |||||||
Mar. | 29 | Sales | 190 | units | @ $97.20 per unit | |||||||
Totals | 740 | units | 510 | units | ||||||||
3. Compute the cost assigned to ending
inventory using (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c)
weighted average, and (d) specific identification. For
specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 95 units
from beginning inventory and 225 units from the March 5 purchase;
the March 29 sale consisted of 75 units from the March 18 purchase
and 115 units from the March 25 purchase.