Carolina Plating Company Reported a Cost of Goods Manufactured of $520,000

question 69

Multiple Choice

Carolina Plating Company reported a cost of goods manufactured of $520,000, with the firm's year-end balance sheet revealing work in process and finished goods of $70,000 and $134,000, respectively. If supplemental information disclosed raw materials used in production of $80,000, direct labor of $140,000, and manufacturing overhead of $240,000, the company's beginning work in process must have been:

• A) $130,000.
• B) $10,000.
• C) $66,000.
• D) $390,000.
• E) None of the other answers are correct.

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