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Chapter 18: Q.18-4SE (page 1007)

Question: Cadwell manufactures cell phones. The conversion costs to produce cell phones for November are added evenly throughout the process in the Assembly Department. The company uses the weighted-average method. For each of the following separate assumptions, calculate the equivalent units of production for conversion costs in the ending Work-in-Process Inventory for the Assembly Department:

1. 12,000 cell phones were 60% complete

2. 21,000 cell phones were 40% complete

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Answer:

1. The equivalent unit of production when the 12,000 cell phones were 60% completed is 7,200 units.

2. The equivalent unit of production when the 21,000 cell phones were 40% completed is 8,400 units.

Step by step solution

01

Equivalent units of production for conversion cost when 12,000 cell phones were 60% completed

Equalentunitofproduction=No.ofunits×Percentageofcompletion=12,000×60%=7,200

02

Equivalent units of production for conversion cost when 21,000 cell phones were 40% completed

Equalentunitofproduction=No.ofunits×Percentageofcompletion=12,000×40%=8,400

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Direct materials

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Ocean Worthy’s Testing Department requires no direct materials. Conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the testing process. Other information follows for the month of August:

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Completed during the period

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1. Direct labor plus manufacturing

Overhead

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2. Prepared by department for EUP, production costs, and assignment of costs

b. Used by companies that manufacture

homogenous products

3. Equivalent units of production

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5. Transferred in costs

e. Combines prior period costs with current period costs

6. Weighted-average method

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