Introduction To Managerial Accounting
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Author: BREWER, Peter C., Garrison, Ray H., Noreen, Eric W.
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Chapter 5, Problem 10E
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Alaskan Fisheries, Inc., processes salmon for various distributors and its uses the weighted-average method in its
A total of 380,000 pounds of salmon were started into processing during July. All materials are added at the beginning of processing in the Cleaning Department.
Required:
Compute the Cleaning Department’s equivalent units of production for materials and for labor and
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Alaskan Fisheries, Incorporated, processes salmon for various distributors and it uses the weighted-average method in its process
costing system. The company has two processing departments-Cleaning and Packing. Data relating to pounds of salmon processed
in the Cleaning Department during July are presented below:
Work in process inventory, July 1
Work in process inventory, July 31
Percent Completed
Labor and
Overhead
Equivalent units of production
Pounds of
Salmon Materials
29,000 100%
17,000 100%
A total of 490,000 pounds of salmon were started into processing during July. All materials are added at the beginning of processing
in the Cleaning Department.
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Required:
Compute the Cleaning Department's equivalent units of production for materials and for labor and overhead in the month of July.
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Equivalent Units of Production—Weighted-Average Method
Alaskan Fisheries, Inc., processes salmon for various distributors and it uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The company has two processing departments—Cleaning and packing. Data relating to pounds of salmon processed in the Cleaning Department during July are presented below:
A total of 380,000 pounds of salmon were started into processing during July. All materials are added at the beginning of processing in the Cleaning Department.
Required:
Compute the Cleaning Department’s equivalent units of production for materials and for labor and overhead in the month of July.
Alaskan Fisheries, Inc., processes salmon for various distributors and it uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The company has two processing departments—Cleaning and Packing. Data relating to pounds of salmon processed in the Cleaning Department during July are presented below:
Percent Completed
Pounds of Salmon
Materials
Labor and Overhead
Work in process inventory, July 1
20,000
100
%
30
%
Work in process inventory, July 31
25,000
100
%
60
%
A total of 380,000 pounds of salmon were started into processing during July. All materials are added at the beginning of processing in the Cleaning Department.
Required:
Compute the Cleaning Department's equivalent units of production for materials and for labor and overhead in the month of July.
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