Given the Following Information, Determine the Cost of Ending Inventory

question 32

Multiple Choice

Given the following information, determine the cost of ending inventory at December 31 using the weighted average perpetual inventory method. December 2: 5 units were purchased at $7 per unit.
December 9: 10 units were purchased at $9.40 per unit.
December 11: 12 units were sold at $35 per unit.
December 15: 20 units were purchased at $10.15 per unit.
December 22: 18 units were sold at $35 per unit.

• A)$51.75
• B)$83.22
• C)$41.30
• D)$49.75
• E)$50.75

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Definitions:

Perfectly Elastic

Perfectly elastic describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied responds infinitely or extremely to changes in price.

Shutdown Point

The level of production and price at which a business's total revenue is equal to its total variable costs, making it indifferent between ceasing operations and continuing to produce.

Break-even

The point at which revenue received equals the costs associated with receiving the revenue, resulting in neither a profit nor a loss.

Profitable Output

The level of production at which a business or economic activity generates the highest amount of profit, balancing costs and revenues efficiently.