Heller Corporation Uses the Weighted-Average Method in Its Process Costing

question 100

Multiple Choice

Heller Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data concerning the first processing department for the most recent month are listed below: Note: Your answers may differ from those offered below due to rounding error. In all cases, select the answer that is the closest to the answer you computed. To reduce rounding error, carry out all computations to at least three decimal places.
-The total cost transferred from the first processing department to the next processing department during the month is closest to:

• A)$246,800
• B)$270,979
• C)$240,400
• D)$231,869

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