Data concerning a recent periods activity in the Prep Depart

Data concerning a recent period’s activity in the Prep Department, the first processing department in a company that uses process costing, appear below: Materials Conversion Equivalent units of production in ending work in process 2,000 800 Cost per equivalent unit $13.86 $4.43 A total of 20,100 units were completed and transferred to the next processing department during the period. Required: Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department during the period and the cost of ending work in process inventory. (Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Solution

cost of units transferred to the next department materials 20,100 *13.86= 278586 conversion 20,100*4.43= 89043 Cost of units transferred to the next department 367629 answer cost of ending work in process inventory materials 2000*13.86 27720 conversion 800*4.43 = 3544 cost of ending work in process inventory 31264 answer