CHAPTER $12$ HOMEWORK

EXERCISE $1$

Ridgecrest Company manufactures plastic storage crates and has the following information available for the month of April:

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Work in process, April $1],[(100\%$ complete for materials, $40\%$ for conversion$)]],31\mathrm{.}200$ units$],[$Direct materials,$$48,000],[$Conversion cost$,$$$66,000],[$Number of units started,$94,800$ units$],[$April costs$],[$Direct materials,$$135,600],[$Conversion cost$,$$$201,600],[\backslash$table$[[$Work in process, April $30],[(100\%$ complete for materials, $20\%$ for conversion$)]],48,000$ units$]]$

Required:

Using the weighted$-$average method of process costing, complete each of the following steps:

Reconcile the number of physical units worked on during the period.

Calculate the number of equivalent units.

Calculate the cost per equivalent unit rounded to five decimal places.

Reconcile the total cost of work in process.