On November $2,$ Newsprint Manufacturing purchases $5$ rolls of paper on account at $$125$ per roll for use within the production process. On November $5,4$ rolls of this paper are issued to Job $157$A in the Printing Department. The Printing Department applies $$675$ in direct labor and $$1,150$ of factory overhead to Job $157$A$.$ On November $8,$ Printing transfers Job $157$A to the Folding Department. The Folding Department applies $$450$ in direct labor and $$655$ in factory overhead to Job $157$A$.$ Job $157$A is transferred to finished goods inventory on November $9.$

If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

a$.$ Journalize the entry for the purchase of the paper.

November $2$

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b$.$ Journalize the entries for $(1)$ the transfer of raw materials to work in process, $(2)$ the application of direct labor, and $(3)$ the application of manufacturing overhead to Job $157$ A while in the Printing Department.

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