Sparky Corporation Uses the Weighted-Average Method of Process Costing

question 147

Multiple Choice

Sparky Corporation uses the weighted-average method of process costing.The following information is available for February in its Molding Department: Units:
Beginning Inventory: 25,000 units,100% complete as to materials and 55% complete as to conversion.
Units started and completed: 110,000.
Units completed and transferred out: 135,000.
Ending Inventory: 30,000 units,100% complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion.
Costs:
Costs in beginning Work in Process - Direct Materials: $43,000.
Costs in beginning Work in Process - Conversion: $48,850.
Costs incurred in February - Direct Materials: $287,000.
Costs incurred in February - Conversion: $599,150.
-Calculate the equivalent units of conversion.

• A)165,000
• B)130,250
• C)140,000
• D)144,000
• E)110,000

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of output, remaining constant regardless of the scale of production or services provided.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income from selling one more unit of a good; sometimes equal to the price of the good.

Total Fixed Costs

The sum of all costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production or output in a business.

Recession

A period of declining real GDP, accompanied by lower real income and higher unemployment.