Paters Company produced 50,000 metal components for tractors. There were no beginning or ending work-in-process inventories in any department. Paters incurred the following costs for October:

Required:
1. Calculate the costs transferred out of each department.
2. Prepare the journal entries corresponding to these transfers. Also, prepare the journal entry for Grinding that reflects the costs added to the transferred-in goods received from Molding.
3. What if the Grinding Department had an ending WIP of $6,000? Calculate the cost transferred out and provide the journal entry that would reflect this transfer. What is the effect on finished goods calculated in Requirement 1, assuming the other two departments have no ending WIP?LO1

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Molding Department Grinding Department Finishing Department Direct materials $6,500 $2,600 $4,000 Direct labor 5,000 4,400 6,000 Applied overhead 8,500 7,000 5,500