Use This Information to Answer the Following Question

question 134

Multiple Choice

Use this information to answer the following question. A periodic inventory system is used.
Using the average-cost method,the cost assigned to ending inventory is

• A)$3,036.
• B)$3,168.
• C)$3,384.
• D)$8,556.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Indirect production costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production, such as rent and salaries of managers.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The consistent, indirect costs associated with manufacturing that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent, insurance, and salaries of permanent staff.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs (direct materials, direct labor, and variable overhead) in product costs, excluding fixed overhead.

Absorption Costing

A method of product costing that incorporates all manufacturing costs, including both fixed and variable costs, in the price of a product.