Managerial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)

5th Edition

ISBN: 9780134067179

Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 5, Problem 5.46BE

Compute equivalent units and assign costs (Learning Objectives 2, 3, & 4)

The Assembly Department of Thomas Motors began September with no work in process inventory. During the month, production that cost $35,282 (direct materials, $8,242, and conversion costs, $27,040) was started on 23,000 units. Thomas completed and transferred to the Testing Department a total of 12,000 units. The ending work in process inventory was 35% complete as to direct materials and 80% complete as to conversion work.

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1. Compute the equivalent units for direct materials and conversion costs.
2. Compute the cost per equivalent unit.
3. Assign the costs to units completed and transferred out and ending work in process inventory.
4. Record the journal entry for the costs transferred out of the Assembly Department to the Testing Department.
5. Post all of the transactions in the Work in Process Inventory—Assembly T-account. What is the ending balance?

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Managerial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)

Ch. 5 - (Learning Objective 1) Which of the following is...Ch. 5 - (Learning Objective 2) Conversion costs consist of...Ch. 5 - (Learning Objective 2) Which of the following is...Ch. 5 - (Learning Objective 3) Which of the following is...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5QC Ch. 5 - (Learning Objective 4) The journal entry needed to...Ch. 5 - (Learning Objective 4) A company has two...Ch. 5 - Prob. 8QC Ch. 5 - Prob. 9QC Ch. 5 - Prob. 10QC

Ch. 5 - Compare job costing and process costing (Learning...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.2SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.3SE Ch. 5 - Determine the physical flow of units (process...Ch. 5 - Compute equivalent units (process costing Step 2)...Ch. 5 - Compute equivalent units (process costing Step 2)...Ch. 5 - Summarize total costs to account for (process...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.8SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.9SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.10SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.11SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.12SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.13SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.14SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.15SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.16SE Ch. 5 - Continuation of S5-16: Record journal entry and...Ch. 5 - Compute equivalent units in second department...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.19SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.20SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.21SE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.22SE Ch. 5 - Analyze flow of costs through inventory T-accounts...Ch. 5 - Summarize physical units and compute equivalent...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.25AE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.26AE Ch. 5 - Continuation of E5-26A: Journal entries (Learning...Ch. 5 - Complete the production cost report in first...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.29AE Ch. 5 - Analyze costs and gross profit in a process...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.31AE Ch. 5 - Compute equivalent units and assign costs...Ch. 5 - Complete five-step procedure in first department...Ch. 5 - Sustainability and process costing (Learning...Ch. 5 - Complete five-step procedure and journalize result...Ch. 5 - Complete five-step procedure in second department...Ch. 5 - Exercises Group B E5-37B Analyze flow of costs...Ch. 5 - Summarize physical units and compute equivalent...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.39BE Ch. 5 - Complete five-step procedure in first department...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.41BE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.42BE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.43BE Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.44BE Ch. 5 - Record journal entries (Learning Objective 4)...Ch. 5 - Compute equivalent units and assign costs...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.47BE Ch. 5 - Sustainability and process costing (Learning...Ch. 5 - Complete five-step procedure and journalize result...Ch. 5 - Complete five-step procedure in second department...Ch. 5 - Process costing in a single processing department...Ch. 5 - Process costing in a first department (Learning...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.53AP Ch. 5 - Prepare a production cost report and journal...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.55AP Ch. 5 - Process costing in a single processing department...Ch. 5 - Process costing in a first department (Learning...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.58BP Ch. 5 - Prepare a production cost report and journal...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.60BP Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.61SC Ch. 5 - Discussion Questions 1. What characteristics of...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.63ACT Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.64ACT Ch. 5 - Process costing and hybrid costing issues...

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Solution Summary: The author explains the equivalent units for direct materials and conversion costs, which are 15,850 and 20,800 respectively.

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