A Company Uses Perpetual Inventory in Connection with the Specific-Identification

question 45

Multiple Choice

A company uses perpetual inventory in connection with the specific-identification method. The company purchased 30 industrial diamonds for $500 per unit. Later in the month, they purchased another 20 diamonds from another supplier for $480 per unit. On the last day of the month, they sold 18 diamonds to a customer at a price of $800 per unit. Of the 18 diamonds, 3 came from the first batch and the remainder came from the second batch. Which of the following journal entries correctly records the Sales revenues?

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Definitions:

Profit-maximizing

The business objective of achieving the highest possible profit from operations, achieved by balancing costs and revenues.

Factor Price

The payment received by a factor of production, for example, wages for labor, rent for land, or interest for capital.

Production Function

A mathematical representation of the relationship between inputs (such as labor and capital) and the maximum output that can be produced with those inputs.

Profit-maximizing

The process or strategy implemented by firms to determine the price and output level that returns the highest profit.