Pureform, Inc., uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. It manufactures a product that passes through two departments. Data for a recent month for the first department follow: Units Materials Labor Overhead
Work in process inventory, beginning 64,000 $64,800 $27,900 $34,600
Units started in process 609,000
Units transferred out 630,000
Work in process inventory, ending 43,000
Cost added during the month $856,330 $343,735 $426,740

The beginning work in process inventory was 85% complete with respect to materials and 70% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The ending work in process inventory was 65% complete with respect to materials and 25% complete with respect to labor and overhead.

Required:
a. Compute the first department's equivalent units of production for materials, labor, and overhead for the month.
b. Determine the first department's cost per equivalent unit for materials, labor, and overhead for the month.

Quantitative problem: you need $20,000 to purchase a used car. your wealthy uncle is willing to lend you the money as an amortized loan. he would like you to make annual payments for 4 years, with the first payment to be made one year from today. he requires a 8% annual return. what will be your annual loan payments? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. $ how much of your first payment will be applied to interest and to principal repayment? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. interest: $ principal repayment

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?

During which of the following phases of the business cycle does the real gdp fall? a. trough b. expansion c. contraction d. peak