Given the Following Information, Determine the Cost of Goods Sold

question 126

Multiple Choice

Given the following information, determine the cost of goods sold for December 31 using the FIFO periodic inventory method: December 2: 5 units were purchased at $7 per unit.
December 9: 10 units were purchased at $9.40 per unit.
December 11: 12 units were sold at $35 per unit.
December 15: 20 units were purchased at $10.15 per unit.
December 22: 18 units were sold at $35 per unit.

• A)$282.15
• B)$332.10
• C)$281.25
• D)$297.00
• E)$284.70

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An accounting technique that assigns the total manufacturing costs, including direct materials, direct labor, and both kinds of manufacturing overhead (fixed and variable), to a product’s cost.

Gross Margin

The difference between sales revenue and cost of goods sold, expressed as a percentage of sales revenue, indicating the financial health and profitability of a business.

Absorption Costing

An approach to costing that encompasses all costs associated with manufacturing, including direct materials, direct labor, as well as variable and fixed manufacturing overheads, in the product cost.

Absorption Costing

A strategy in accounting practice that aggregates all manufacturing expenses, from direct materials and labor to variable and fixed overheads, into the determination of a product's cost.