Question

The Mountain Springs Water Company has two departments, Purifying and Bottling. The Bottling Department received 67,000 liters from the Purifying Department. During the period, the Bottling Department completed 65,000 liters, including 3,000 liters of work in process at the beginning of the period. The ending work in process was 5,000 liters. How many liters were started and completed during the period?

Answer 1

Answer: 62,000 liters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The Bottling Department received 67,000 liters from the Purifying Department.

The ending work in process was 5,000 liters.

During the period, the Bottling Department completed 65,000 liters, including 3,000 liters of work in process at the beginning of the period.

The number of liters were started and completed during the period is give by:-

$L=65,000-3,000=62,000\ \text{liters}$

Hence, During the period 62,000 liters were started and completed during the period