Sineath Industries Had a Fire and Some of Its Accounting

question 107

Essay

Sineath Industries had a fire and some of its accounting records were destroyed. Available information is presented below for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Additional information is as follows:
Factory overhead is 150% of direct labor cost.
Finished goods inventory decreased by $18,000 during the year.
Work in process inventory increased by $12,000 during the year.
Calculate:
a) materials inventory, January 1, 2011
b) direct labor cost
c) factory overhead incurred
d) cost of goods sold

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Definitions:

Isotonic Solution

A solution that has the same osmotic pressure as the fluid in a cell, leading to no net movement of water into or out of the cell.

Red Blood Cells

The cells in the blood primarily responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body, using the protein hemoglobin.

Hypertonic

Describes a fluid that has a high overall solute concentration relative to another fluid.

Turgor

Pressure that a fluid exerts against a structure that contains it.