Question

Periodic Inventory by Three Methods

The units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows:

Jan. 1	Inventory	4 units at $44
Feb. 17	Purchase	15 units at $45
Jul. 21	Purchase	16 units at $46
Nov. 23	Purchase	5 units at $48

There are 12 units of the item in the physical inventory at December 31. The periodic inventory system is used. Round average unit cost to one decimal and final answers to the nearest whole dollar, if required.

a. Determine the inventory cost by the first-in, first-out method.
$

b. Determine the inventory cost by the last-in, first-out method.
$

c. Determine the inventory cost by the weighted average cost method.
$

Answer 1