Weston Products manufactures an industrial cleaning compound that goes through three processing departments—Grinding, Mixing, and Cooking. All...

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Weston Products manufactures an industrial cleaning compoundthat goes through three processing departments—Grinding, Mixing,and Cooking. All raw materials are introduced at the start of workin the Grinding Department. The Work in Process T-account for theGrinding Department for May is given below:

Work in Process—Grinding Department
Inventory, May 1253,820Completed and transferred
to the Mixing Department
?
Materials598,340
Conversion397,266
Inventory, May 31?

The May 1 work in process inventory consisted of 98,000 poundswith $147,000 in materials cost and $106,820 in conversion cost.The May 1 work in process inventory was 100% complete with respectto materials and 30% complete with respect to conversion. DuringMay, 351,000 pounds were started into production. The May 31inventory consisted of 108,000 pounds that were 100% complete withrespect to materials and 70% complete with respect to conversion.The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costingsystem.

Required:

1. Compute the Grinding Department's equivalent units ofproduction for materials and conversion in May.

2. Compute the Grinding Department's costs per equivalent unitfor materials and conversion for May.

3. Compute the Grinding Department's cost of ending work inprocess inventory for materials, conversion, and in total forMay.

4. Compute the Grinding Department's cost of units transferredout to the Mixing Department for materials, conversion, and intotal for May.

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Equivalent Units
Whole Units Materials Conversion
Work in process, May 1 98000
Started into production 351000
Total units to account for 449000
Transferred to Mixing Department 341000 100% 341000 100% 341000
Work in process, May 31 108000 100% 108000 70% 75600
Total units accounted for 449000 449000 416600

2.

Materials Conversion Total
Work in process, May 1 $ 147000 106820 253820
Costs incurred during the month 598340 397266 995606
Total costs $ 745340 504086 1249426
Equivalent units 449000 416600
Cost per equivalent unit $ 1.66 1.21 2.87

3.

Cost of ending work in process: Materials Conversion Total
Equivalent units 108000 75600
Cost per equivalent unit $ 1.66 1.21
Total cost of ending work in process $ 179280 91476 270756

4.

Cost of units transferred out: Materials Conversion Total
Equivalent units 341000 341000
Cost per equivalent unit $ 1.66 1.21
Total cost of units transferred out $ 566060 412610 978670

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