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Bell Computers, Ltd., located in Liverpool, England, assembles a standardized personal computer from parts it purchases from various suppliers. The production process consists of several steps, starting with assembly of the “mother” circuit board, which contains the central processing unit. This assembly takes place in the CPU Assembly Department. The company recently hired a new accountant who prepared the following report for the department for May using the weighted-average method:

 

 

  Units to be accounted for:

 

     Work in process, May 1: materials 90%          complete; conversion 80% complete

5,000   

     Started into production

29,000   

 

  Total units

34,000   

 

  Units accounted for as follows:

 

     Transferred to next department

30,000   

     Work in process, May 31: materials 75%          complete; conversion 50% complete

4,000   

 

  Total units

34,000   

 

  Cost Reconciliation

 

 

  Cost to be accounted for:

 

 

     Work in process, May 1

£

13,400  

     Cost added in the department

 

87,800  

 

     Total cost to be accounted for

£

101,200  

 

  Cost accounted for as follows:

 

 

     Work in process, May 31

£

8,200  

     Transferred to next department

 

93,000  

 

     Total cost accounted for

£

101,200  

 

The company’s management would like some additional information about May’s operation in the CPU Assembly Department. (The currency in England is the pound, which is denoted by the symbol £.)

Required:

1.

How many units were started and completed during May?

  Units started and completed during May

 

2.

What were the equivalent units of production for May for materials and conversion costs?

 

Materials

Conversion

  Equivalent units of production

3.

What were the costs per equivalent unit for May? The following additional data are available concerning the department’s costs: (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

Materials

Conversion

Total

  Work in process, May 1

£

9,000  

£

4,400    

£

13,400   

  Costs added during May

£

57,000  

£

30,800    

£

87,800   

 

    Materials

    Conversion

  Cost per equivalent unit

£  

£  

4.

Calculate the material cost and the conversion cost of the ending work in process. (Round your cost per equivalent unit calculation to 2 decimal places and your final answers to whole dollar amount.)

 

     Materials

     Conversion

  Total

  Ending work in process inventory:

 

 

 

     Equivalent units of production

  

  

 

     Cost per equivalent unit

£   

£   

 

     Cost of ending work in process inventory

£   

£   

£  

5.

The new manager of the CPU Assembly Department was asked to estimate the incremental cost of processing an additional 1,000 units through the department. He took the unit cost for an equivalent whole unit you computed in (3) above and multiplied this figure by 1,000. Will this method yield a valid estimate of incremental cost?

 

 

 

Yes

No

check my work referencesebook & resources

eBook: COMPUTE AND APPLY COSTS – LO 3

eBook: COMPUTE AND APPLY COSTS – LO 4

eBook: EQUIVALENT UNITS OF PRODUCTION

Worksheet

Learning Objective: 04-02 Compute the equivalent units of production using the weighted-average method.

Learning Objective: 04-04 Assign costs to units using the weighted-average method.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: 04-03 Compute the cost per equivalent unit using the weighted-average method.

 

 

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