In April, one of the processing departments at Terada Corporation had beginning work in process inventory of $21,000 and ending work in process inventory of $27,000. During the month, $244,000 of costs were added to production and the cost of units transferred out from the department was $238,000. In the department's cost reconciliation report for April, the total cost to be accounted for under the weighted-average method would be:

a. $265,000
b. $48,000
c. $530,000
d. $509,000

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?