Chapter 8, Problem 3CPA

To determine

Perpetual Inventory System:

It is the inventory system that maintains the detailed records of every inventory transactions related to purchases and sales on a continuous basis. It shows the exact on-hand-inventory at any point of time.

In Weighted-Average Cost Method, the cost of inventory is priced at the average rate of the goods available for sale. Following is the mathematical representation:

$\text{Weighted-average Cost}=\frac{\text{Total Cost of Goods Available For Sale}}{\text{Total Number of Units Available For Sale}}$

To Determine: The ending inventory of Corporation E using the average cost method.