A company produces and sells the following quantites of a product: Date                                                     Number of tons     Total Costs July      1     Opening Inventory                      10                   P200             4     Production                                    8                      176             6     Sale                                              9           15     Production                                    6                      144           18     Sale                                            11           23     Production                                    4                      104 Question: Which statement is true? A. Cost of goods sold using FIFO is higher than cost of goods sold using weighted average. B. Profit using FIFO is higher than profit using weighted average. C. Total assets at July 31 is higher using weighted average than total assets using FIFO. D. Profit is not affected by the costing method used to measure inventory.

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A company produces and sells the following quantites of a product:

Date                                                     Number of tons     Total Costs
July      1     Opening Inventory                      10                   P200
            4     Production                                    8                      176
            6     Sale                                              9
          15     Production                                    6                      144
          18     Sale                                            11
          23     Production                                    4                      104

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Which statement is true?
A. Cost of goods sold using FIFO is higher than cost of goods sold using weighted average.
B. Profit using FIFO is higher than profit using weighted average.
C. Total assets at July 31 is higher using weighted average than total assets using FIFO.
D. Profit is not affected by the costing method used to measure inventory. 

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