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Equivalent Units; Applying Costs-FIFO MethodKrollon Company uses the FIFO method in its pr...

Equivalent Units; Applying Costs-FIFO Method

Krollon Company uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The following data are for the most recent month of operations in one of the company's processing departments:

Units in beginning inventory

400

Units started into production

4,300

Units in ending inventory

300

Units transferred to the next department

4,400

 

 

Materials

Conversion

Percentage completion of beginning inventory

70%

30%

Percentage completion of ending inventory

80%

40%

According to the company's costing system, the cost of beginning inventory was $7,886. of which $4,897 was for materials and the remainder was for conversion cost. The costs added during the month amounted to $181,652. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were:

 

Materials

Conversion

Cost per equivalent unit

$18.20

$23.25

Required:

1. Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month.

2. Compute the equivalent units of material and of conversion costs in the ending inventory. ,

3. Compute the equivalent units of material and of conversion costs that were required to complete the beginning inventory.

4. Determine the number of units started and completed during the month.

5. Determine the costs of ending inventory and units transferred out.

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