Periodic Inventory Using FIFO, LIFO, and Weighted Average Cost Methods

The units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows:

Jan. 1	Inventory	9	units at $30	$270
July 7	Purchase	18	units at $31	558
Nov. 23	Purchase	10	units at $32	320
		37	units	$1,148

There are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at December 31. The periodic inventory system is used. Determine the inventory cost using (a) the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method; (b) the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method; and (c) the weighted average cost method (round per unit cost to two decimal places and your final answer to the nearest whole dollar).

a. First-in, first-out (FIFO) 576 b. Last-in, first-out (LIFO) 540 C. Weighted average cost 558.48 Hide Feedback Incorrect Check My Work Feedback a. When the FIFO method is used, costs are included in cost of merchandise sold in the order in which they were purchased. b. When the LIFO method is used, the cost of the units sold is the cost of the most recent purchases. c. The average cost method is sometimes called the weighted average method. The average cost method uses the average unit cost for determining cost of merchandise sold and the ending merchandise inventory Learning objective 4