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Safari File Edit View History Bookmarks Window Help ? new connect.mheducation.com 2018 Spr- BUS 5(1 Gmail Files Connect Solved: During April, the... Arrow Video Chegg Study | Guided Ss Chapter Twenty, Process Costing Saved Help Save & Exit Sbmit During April, the production department of a process manufacturing system completed a number of units of a product and transferred them to finished goods. Of these transferred units, 60,000 were in process in the production department at the beginning of April and 240,000 were started and completed in Apri. April's beginning inventory units were 60% complete with respect to materials and 40% complete with respect to labor. At the end of April, 82,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 80% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to labor. 4 points The production department had $850,000 of direct materials and $650,000 of direct labor cost charged to it during April. Also, its beginning inventory included $118,840 of direct materials cost and $47,890 of direct labor. Hint Print References1&2.Using the weighted-average method, compute the direct materials cost and the direct labor cost per equivalent unit and assign April's costs to the department's output. (Round "Cost per EUP" to 2 decimal places.) Equivalent units of production (EUP)-weighted average method Units % Materials EUP-Materials % Labor EUP- Labor Equivalent units of production st per equivalent unit of production Materials Labor Mc Prev 18 of 18 Next> Hill 20

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Solution:

First of all we need to understand the treatment of cost and units in process costing when Weighted Average Method is used.

Weighted Average (Average Cost) Method

Physical Units Count

Under this method the percentage completion done in the Beginning Inventory is ignored while calculating the equivalent completed units during the current period. Beginning Inventory Units are treated as fresh units introduced for production.

Cost Accounted for:

- The cost of opening work-in-progress and cost of the current period are aggregated and the aggregate cost is divided by output in terms of completed equivalent units.

- The units of Beginning Inventory of WIP and their cost are taken in full under this method

Ending Inventory

The Ending Inventory of WIP is valued at total cost i.e. Cost added during the month/period and Cost of Beginning WIP.

Equivalent units of production (EUP) - Weighted Average Method

Units

% Material

EUP - Materials

% Labor

EUP - Labor

Started and Completed during the period

240000

100%

240000

100%

240000

Ending Work In Process

82000

80%

65600

30%

24600

Equivalent units of production

305600

264600

Cost per equivalent unit of production

Materials

Labor

Cost related to beginning work in process

$118,840

$47,890

Cost incurred during the period

$850,000

$650,000

Total Costs

Costs

$968,840

Costs

$697,890

Equivalent Units of Production

EUP

305600

EUP

264600

Cost per Equivalent Unit of production

$3.17

$2.64

Total costs to account for:

beginning direct material cost

$118,840

Beginning labor cost

$47,890

material cost incurred during the period

$850,000

Labor cost incurred during the period

$650,000

Total costs to account for:

$1,666,730

Total costs accounted for

$1,667,296

Difference due to rounding cost / unit

$566

Cost Assignment and Reconciliation

Cost of units transferred out:

EUP

Cost per EUP

Total Cost

Direct materials

240000

$3.17

$760,800

Direct labor

240000

$2.64

$633,600

Total costs transferred out

$1,394,400

Cost of ending goods in process

Direct materials

65600

$3.17

$207,952

Direct labor

24600

$2.64

$64,944

Total cost of ending goods in process

$272,896

Total costs accounted for

$1,667,296

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Equivalent units of production (EUP) - Weighted Average Method

Units

% Material

EUP - Materials

% Labor

EUP - Labor

Started and Completed during the period

240000

100%

240000

100%

240000

Ending Work In Process

82000

80%

65600

30%

24600

Equivalent units of production

305600

264600

Cost per equivalent unit of production

Materials

Labor

Cost related to beginning work in process

$118,840

$47,890

Cost incurred during the period

$850,000

$650,000

Total Costs

Costs

$968,840

Costs

$697,890

Equivalent Units of Production

EUP

305600

EUP

264600

Cost per Equivalent Unit of production

$3.17

$2.64

Total costs to account for:

beginning direct material cost

$118,840

Beginning labor cost

$47,890

material cost incurred during the period

$850,000

Labor cost incurred during the period

$650,000

Total costs to account for:

$1,666,730

Total costs accounted for

$1,667,296

Difference due to rounding cost / unit

$566

Cost Assignment and Reconciliation

Cost of units transferred out:

EUP

Cost per EUP

Total Cost

Direct materials

240000

$3.17

$760,800

Direct labor

240000

$2.64

$633,600

Total costs transferred out

$1,394,400

Cost of ending goods in process

Direct materials

65600

$3.17

$207,952

Direct labor

24600

$2.64

$64,944

Total cost of ending goods in process

$272,896

Total costs accounted for

$1,667,296