(Appendix 6A) Marten Company uses the FIFO method in its process
costing system. Operating data for the Casting Department for the
month of September appear below:
Units | Percentage complete | |
Beginning work in process inventory | 19,000 | 80% |
Transferred in from the prior department during September | 74,000 | |
Ending work in process inventory | 17,000 | 90% |
According to the company's records, the conversion cost in
beginning work-in-process inventory was $83,600 at the beginning of
September. Additional conversion costs of $427,682 were incurred in
the department during the month.
What would be the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for
September on the Casting Department's production report? (Round off
to three decimal places.)
$5.498.
$5.779.
$5.620.
$5.500.
Marten Company | |||||
FIFO Method: | |||||
Equivalent Units | |||||
DM | Conversion costs | ||||
Whole units | % | Units | % | Units | |
Opening WIP | 19000 | ||||
Tfd. IN | 74000 | ||||
Total Units to account for | 93000 | ||||
Opening WIP | 19000 | 20 | 3800 | ||
Completed and tfd. | 57000 | 100 | 57000 | ||
Closing WIP | 17000 | 90 | 15300 | ||
Total Units to account for ( EUP) | 93000 | 76100 | |||
Cost Information | |||||
Costs to account for: | Materials | Conversion | Total | ||
Op. WIP | 0 | 83600 | |||
Added during the period | 427682 | ||||
Total costs to account for | 0 | 511282 | |||
Cost per EUP :- | |||||
Cost to be accounted for | 0 | 427682 | |||
EUP | 76100 | ||||
Cost per EUP | 5.62 | ||||
Option C is correct. | |||||
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