Question

Weighted Average Process Costing:
Minot Processing Company manufactures one product on acontinuous basis in two departments, Processing and Finishing. Allmaterials are added at the beginning of work on the product in theProcessing Department. During December 2009, the following eventsoccurred in the Processing Department:
Units started	16,000 units
Units completed and transferred to Finishing Department	15,000 units
Costs assigned to processing:Raw materials (one unit of rawmaterials for each unit of product started)	$142,900.00
Manufacturing supplies used	18,000
Direct labor costs incurred	51,000
Supervisors' salaries	12,000
Other production labor costs	14,000
Depreciation on equipment	6,000
Other production costs	18,000
Additional information follows:
Minot uses weighted average costing and applies manufacturingoverhead to Work-in-Process at the rate of 100 percent of directlabor cost.
Ending inventory in the Processing Department consists of 3,000units that are one-third converted.
Beginning inventory contained 2,000 units, one-half converted,with a cost of $34,500 ($24,500 for materials and $10,000 forconversion).
(a) Prepare a cost of production report for theProcessing Department for December.
Minot Processing Company: Processing Department Cost of Production Report For the Month Ending December 31, 2009
Summary of units in process:
Beginning
Units started
In process
Completed
Ending
Equivalent units in process:		Materials	Conversion	Total
Units completed
Plus equivalent units in ending inventory
Equivalent units in process
Total cost to be accounted for and cost per equivalent unit in process:
Beginning work-in-process		$	$	$
Current costs
Total cost in process		$	$	$
Equivalent units in process		+	+
Cost per equivalent unit in process		$	$	$
Accounting for total costs:
Transferred out				$
Ending work-in-process:
Materials			$
Conversion
Total cost accounted for				$
(b) Prepare an analysis of all changes inWork-in-Process.
Work-in-process:
Beginning			$
Current manufacturing costs:
Direct materials		$
Direct labor
Applied overhead
Total			$
Cost of goods manufactured
Ending			$