Process Costing System-Determining Unit Costs

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Process costing system-determining unit costs
Houston Oil Company uses a process costing system with two departments: (a)a Refining Department and (b)a Packaging Department.During June,its first month of operations,the company manufactured and sold 650,000 gallons of motor oil,generating total revenue of $3,845,000.The company incurred the following manufacturing costs in June: (a)How much was the unit cost per gallon of oil processed by the Refining Department in June?
(b)If each case of oil contains four gallons,how much was the unit cost per case incurred by the Packaging Department in June?
(c)How much was the unit cost per case transferred to finished goods in June? (Round your final answer to one decimal place.)
(d)How much total gross profit was generated by the company in June? (Do not round intermediate calculations)

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