Reference no: EM132546384

The WireOne Company manufactures high-quality coated electrical wire in two departments, Weaving and Coating. Materials are introduced at various points during work in the Weaving Department. After the weaving is completed, the materials are transferred into the Coating Department, where specialty plastic coating is applied.

Selected data relating to the Weaving Department during May are given below:

Production data: Kilograms in process, May 1(materials 100% complete; conversion 80% complete) 85,000

Kilograms started into production during May 365,000

Kilograms completed and transferred to Coating ?

Kilograms in process, May 31(materials 65% complete; conversion 30% complete) 55,000

Cost data:

Work in process inventory, May 1:

Materials cost $101,000

Conversion cost $51,000

Cost added during May:

Materials cost $462,000

Conversion cost $213,000

The company uses the weighted-average method.

Required:

Question 1. Compute the equivalent units of production.

Question 2. Compute the costs per equivalent unit for May. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Question 3. Determine the cost of ending work in process inventory and of the units transferred to the Coating Department. (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places, and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Question 4. Prepare cost reconciliation between the costs determined in (3) above and the cost of beginning inventory and costs added during the period. (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places, and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)