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Reference Step - by - Step Painting prepares and packages paint products. Step - by - Step Painting has two departments: Blending and Packaging. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the blending process (dyes) and at the end of the packaging process (cans). Data from the month of May for the Blending Department are as follows: (Click the icon to view the data from May.) Step-by-Step Painting completed the following production cost report for its Blending Department for the month of May: (Click the icon to view the assignment of costs.) Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. The company uses the weighted-average method. Requirement 1. Prepare the journal entries to record the assignment of direct materials and direct labor and the allocation of manufacturing overhead to the Blending Department. Also, prepare the journal entry to record the costs of the gallons completed and transferred out to the Packaging Department. Assume labor costs are accrued and not yet paid. (Record debits first, then credits. Exclude explanations from any journal entries.) Begin with the journal entry to record the assignment of direct materials to the Blending Department. Do not record the assignment of direct labor or the allocation of manufacturing overhead with this entry. We will prepare those entries separately in the following steps. Data table Requirements 1. Prepare the journal entries to record the assignment of direct materials and direct labor and the allocation of manufacturing overhead to the Blending Department. Also, prepare the journal entry to record the costs of the gallons completed and transferred out to the Packaging Department. Assume labor costs are accrued and not yet paid. 2. Post the journal entries to the Work-in-Process Inventory-Blending T-account. What is the ending balance? 3. What is the average cost per gallon transferred out of the Blending Department into the Packaging Department? Why would the company managers want to know this cost

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