A Company Had the Following Purchases During the Current Year

question 156

Multiple Choice

A company had the following purchases during the current year: On December 31, there were 26 units remaining in ending inventory. These 26 units consisted of 2 from January, 4 from February, 6 from May, 4 from September and 10 from November. Using the specific identification method, what is the cost of the ending inventory?

• A)$3,500
• B)$3,800
• C)$3,960
• D)$3,280
• E)$3,640

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Definitions:

Implicit Costs

Costs that represent the opportunity cost of using resources owned by the firm for its own production instead of earning income elsewhere.

Accounting Profit

The net income reported on the financial statements, calculated as total revenues minus explicit costs.

Economic Profit

The difference between the total revenue generated by a business and the total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by adding one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.