5th Edition

ISBN: 9781259565403

Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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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 8, Problem 55P

Prepare a Production Cost Report: Weighted-Average Method, Missing Data Saline Solutions uses process costing to account for production of its unique compound BG at its River Plant. The River Plant has two departments: R and S. Raw materials are added at two points in the production of BG. First, rubber pellets are added at the beginning of production in Department R. Next, a liquid thinner is added in Department R when the product is 60% complete with respect to conversion costs. Once the basic compound is completed in Department R, it is transferred to Department S for mixing and packaging. The following information is available from the River Plant for May. (No new material is added in Department S.)

Chapter 8, Problem 55P, Prepare a Production Cost Report: Weighted-Average Method, Missing Data Saline Solutions uses

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a. Assume that Saline Solutions used weighted-average process costing and that the cost per equivalent unit for May for materials in Department S is $7.20 and for conversion costs it is $3.20. How complete is ending inventory with respect to conversion costs?
b. What is the cost of product transferred out of Department S for May?
c. What is the cost of ending inventory in Department S for May?

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