Reference no: EM133043866

Question - Brian Canning Co., which sells canned corn, uses an operation costing system. Cans of corn are classified as either sweet or regular, depending on the type of corn used. Both types of corn go through the separating and cleaning operations, but only regular corn goes through the creaming operation. During January, two batches of corn were canned from start to finish. Batch X consisted of 1,450 pounds of sweet corn, and Batch Y consisted of 1,350 pounds of regular corn. The company had no beginning or ending Work-in-Process Inventory. The following cost information is for the month of January:

Batch Cost Batch Size Raw sweet corn X $9,643 1,450lbs

Raw regular corn Y 4,995* 1,350lbs

Separating department costs 3,080

Cleaning department costs 1,820

Creaming department costs 1,215

*Includes $1,600 for cream.

Required -

1. Compute the unit cost for sweet corn and regular corn.

2. Record appropriate journal entries.