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Various cost and sales data for Medco Inc. are given for the just-completed year

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Question

Various cost and sales data for Medco Inc. are given for the just-completed year:

51,400  

1) Assume that the company expects to produce 24,000 units of product during the coming year. What average cost per unit and what total cost would you expect the company to incur for direct materials at this level of activity? For factory depreciation? (In preparing your answer, assume that direct materials is a variable cost and that depreciation is a fixed cost; also assume that depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis.)

2) Assuming the information given in the problem relates to the production of 30,000 fully and partially finished units during the year and that 6,000 of those units remain unsold, determine the cost components of the finished goods inventory.

     Purchases of raw materials $ 174,500     Raw materials inventory, beginning 17,600     Raw materials inventory, ending 26,500     Depreciation, factory 86,400     Insurance, factory 6,900     Direct labour 73,300     Maintenance, factory 37,600     Administrative expenses 85,200     Sales 739,000     Utilities, factory 36,500     Supplies, factory 1,190     Selling expenses 97,100     Indirect labour 78,300     Work in process inventory, beginning 7,950     Work in process inventory, ending 33,800     Finished goods inventory, beginning 12,850     Finished goods inventory, ending

51,400  

Explanation / Answer

1) Cost of Direct material used in production

= cost of beginning inventory + purchase - cost of ending inventory

= 17600 + 174500 - 26500

= $ 165600

Total cost for 24000 units = $165600

Average cost = $165600 / 24000 = $6.90 / unit

Total depreciation for 24000 units = $86400

Average depreciation per unit = $86400 / 24000 = $3.60 / unit

Cost elements Amount Per unit cost for 30000 units Total cost for 6000 units in closing stock Direct material $ 1,65,600.00 $ 5.52 $ 33,120.00 Direct labour $     73,300.00 $ 2.44 $ 14,660.00 Manufacturing overhead $ 2,46,890.00 $ 8.23 $ 49,378.00 Total $ 4,85,790.00 $ 16.19 $ 97,158.00