Question

A company uses the weighted average method for inventory costing. At the beginning of a period the production department had 20,000 units in beginning Work in Process inventory which were 40% complete; the department completed and transferred 165,000 units. At the end of the period, 22,000 units were in the ending Work in Process inventory and are 75% complete. Compute the number of equivalent units produced by the department.

Answer 1

181,500 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that

Beginning work in progress inventory = 20,000 units

The department completed and transferred = 165,000 units

Ending period = 22,000 units

Percentage of completion = 75%

The computation of equivalent units is given below :-

Work in progress of ending period

= 22,000 × 75%

= 16,500 units

So, the equivalent units

= 165,000 + 16,500

= 181,500 units