COST ACCOUNTING
COST ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781323169261
Author: Horngren
Publisher: PEARSON C
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Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.17MCQ

The following information concerns Westheimer Corporation’s equivalent units in May 20X1:

  Units
Beginning work-in-process (50% complete) 4,000
Units started during May 16,000
Units completed and transferred 14,000
Ending work-in-process (80% complete) 6,000

Using the weighted-average method, what were Westheimer’s May 20X1 equivalent units?

  1. 1. 14,000
  2. 2. 18,800
  3. 3. 20,000
  4. 4. 39,000
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