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

question 77

Multiple Choice

Stay Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The company's ending work in process inventory consists of 8,000 units, 60% complete with respect to materials and 80% complete with respect to conversion costs. If the total cost in this inventory is $200,000 and if the cost for materials is $16 per equivalent unit for the period, the conversion cost per equivalent unit of the production for the period must be:

• A)$19.25
• B)$16.00
• C)$25.67
• D)$31.25

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