Materials Costs of $1200000 and Conversion Costs of $1530000 Were

question 129

Multiple Choice

Materials costs of $1200000 and conversion costs of $1530000 were charged to a processing department in the month of September. Materials are added at the beginning of the process while conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. There were no units in beginning work in process 20000 units were started into production in September and there were 5000 units in ending work in process that were 40% complete at the end of September. What was the total amount of manufacturing costs assigned to those units that were completed and transferred out of the process in September?

• A) $2250000.
• B) $3000000.
• C) $2409750.
• D) $2047500.

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Task Variety

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