Comprehensive Problem Major League Bat Company (Static) Major League Bat Company manufactures baseball bats. In addition to its work in process inventories, the company maintains inventories of raw materials and finished goods. It uses raw materials as direct materials in production and as indirect materials. Its factory payroll costs include direct labor for production and indirect labor. All materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are applied uniformly throughout the production process. Required: You are to maintain records and produce measures of inventories to reflect the July events of this company. The June 30 balances: Raw Materials Inventory, $25,000; Work in Process Inventory, $8,135 ($2,660 of direct materials and $5,475 of conversion); Finished Goods Inventory, $110,000; Sales, $0; Cost of Goods Sold, $0; Factory Wages Payable, $0; and Factory Overhead, $0. 1. Prepare journal entries to record the following July transactions and events. a. Purchased raw materials for $125,000 cash. b. Used raw materials as follows: direct materials, $52,440, and indirect materials, $10,000. c. Recorded factory wages payable costs as follows: direct labor, $202,250, and indirect labor, $25,000. d. Incurred other actual factory overhead costs of $66,125 paid in cash. e. Applied factory overhead to production at 50% of direct labor costs. 2. Information about the July work in process (WIP) inventory follows. Use this information with that from part 1 to prepare a production cost report, assuming the weighted average method is used. Units Beginning WIP inventory Started Units transferred out Ending WIP inventory 5,000 units. 14,000 units 11,000 units. 8,000 units Beginning WIP inventory Direct materials-Percent complete. Conversion-Percent complete 100% 75% Ending WIP inventory Direct materials-Percent complete. 100% Conversion-Percent complete 40%