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Transcribed Image Text:PROBLEM 8
The following data for the month of September were taken form the cost records of Department 1 of Pro-Life products which uses
process costing system:
Opening inventory of work in process:
Units – 500 (with all materials added and 50% of labor and overhead)
Cost - Materials
2, 400
Labor
1, 500
Factory overhead
760
Put into production:
Units – 5, 000
Costs - Materials
25, 100
Labor
19, 380
Factory overhead
14, 900
Completed and transferred – 4, 800 units
Ending inventory of work in process:
Units – 700 (with all materials, and 60% of labor and overhead)
10. The cost per equivalent unit (rounded to nearest centavo) under FIFO:
11. The cost per equivalent unit (rounded to nearest centavo) under weighted average:
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