Ending inventory computation and evaluation
Response to the following problem:
Shepler Boot Company makes specialty boots for the rodeo circuit. On December 31, 2010, the company had (a) 500 pairs of boots in finished goods inventory and (b) 1,800 heels at a cost of $15 each in raw materials inventory. During 2011, the company purchased 44,000 additional heels at $15 each and manufactured 16,450 pairs of boots.
Required:
1. Determine the unit and dollar amounts of raw materials inventory in heels at December 31, 2011