Organic Sugar Company at Ohio Has Six Processing Departments for Refining

question 17

Multiple Choice

Organic Sugar Company at Ohio has six processing departments for refining sugar: Affination, Carbonatation, Decolorization, Boiling, Recovery, and Packaging. Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. Data from the month of August for the Decolorization Department are as follows: The ending Work-in-Process Inventory is 100% and 65% complete with respect to direct materials and conversion costs respectively. Compute the cost per equivalent unit for the units transferred to the Boiling process. (Round your answer to two decimal places)

• A)$446.00 per metric ton
• B)$536.00 per metric ton
• C)$414.00 per metric ton
• D)$377.30 per metric ton

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