Question: Saddleback Company makes camping lanterns using a single production process. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the manufacturing process. Information for the
Saddleback Company makes camping lanterns using a single production process. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the manufacturing process. Information for the month of March follows:
| Units | Costs | |||||
| Beginning work in process (30% complete) | 122,800 | |||||
| Direct materials | $ | 202,000 | ||||
| Conversion cost | 354,000 | |||||
| Total cost of beginning work in process | $ | 556,000 | ||||
| Number of units started | 253,000 | |||||
| Number of units completed and transferred to finished goods | 335,800 | |||||
| Ending work in process (65% complete) | ? | |||||
| Current period costs | ||||||
| Direct materials | $ | 517,400 | ||||
| Conversion cost | 658,000 | |||||
| Total current period costs | $ | 1,175,400 | ||||
| Required: | |
| 1 & 2. | Using FIFO method of process costing, complete each of the following steps: |
| a. | Reconcile the number of physical units worked on during the period. |
| b. | Calculate the number of equivalent units. |
| c. | Calculate the cost per equivalent unit. (Round your answers to 5 decimal places.) |
| d. | Reconcile the total cost of work in process. (Use Cost per Equivalent Unit rounded to 5 decimal places and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) |
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