The costs of the wet fibers transferred

Question

Comprehensive Exercise; Second Production Department-Weighted-Average Method [LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5]

Papyrutech Corporation produces fine papers in three production departments-Pulping, Drying, and Finishing. In the Pulping Department, raw materials such as wood fiber and rag cotton are mechanically and chemically treated to separate their fibers. The result is a thick slurry of fibers. In the Drying Department, the wet fibers transferred from the Pulping Department are laid down on porous webs, pressed to remove excess liquid, and dried in ovens. In the Finishing Department, the dried paper is coated, cut, and spooled onto reels. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for October for the Drying Department follow:

		Percent Completed
	Units	Pulping				Conversion
Work in process inventory, October 1	3,300	100	%			80	%
Work in process inventory, October 31	4,500	100	%			80	%
Pulping cost in work in process inventory, October 1				$	1,815
Conversion cost in work in process inventory, October 1				$	1,254
Units transferred to the next production department					163,900
Pulping cost added during October				$	95,857
Conversion cost added during October				$	69,096

No materials are added in the Drying Department. Pulping cost represents the costs of the wet fibers transferred in from the Pulping Department. Wet fiber is processed in the Drying Department in batches; each unit in the above table is a batch and one batch of wet fibers produces a set amount of dried paper that is passed on to the Finishing Department.

Required:
1.	Determine the equivalent units for October for pulping and conversion.

            

	Pulping	Conversion
Equivalent units of production

            

2.	Compute the costs per equivalent unit for October for pulping and conversion. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

   

	Pulping	Conversion
Cost per equivalent unit	$	$

    

3.	Determine the total cost of ending work in process inventory and the total cost of units transferred to the Finishing Department in October. (Round your costs per equivalent unit to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.)

   

	Pulping	Conversion	Total
Cost of ending work in process inventory	$	$	$
Cost of units completed and transferred out	$	$	$

4.	Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Drying Department for October. (Round your final answers to the nearest dollar amount.)

Cost Reconciliation
Costs to be accounted for:
	$
Total cost to be accounted for	$
Costs accounted for as follows:
	$
Total cost accounted for	$