Use the Following Information to Answer the Following Questions

question 37

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the following Questions
Claremore Industries uses a weighted-average process-costing system. All materials are added at the beginning of the process; conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout production. The company finished 40,000 units during the period and had 15,000 units in progress at year-end, the latter at the 40% stage of completion. Total material costs amounted to $220,000; conversion costs were $414,000.
-The cost of the ending work in process is:

• A) $54,000.
• B) $78,000.
• C) $114,000.
• D) $195,000.
• E) None of the answers is correct.

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Definitions:

Entity Method

An accounting technique used in consolidations, treating the parent and subsidiary as separate entities for the calculation of minority interest and consolidated net income.

Non-Controlling Interest

The portion of equity in a subsidiary not held by the parent company, reflecting the minority shareholders' share of the profits and losses.

Net Assets

The total assets of an entity minus its total liabilities, representing the owners' equity or net worth of the entity.

Fair Value

A market-based measurement of the price at which an asset could be bought or sold or a liability settled, under current market conditions.