Question

Mortensen Industries, which uses a process-costing system, adds material at the beginning of production and incurs conversion cost evenly throughout manufacturing. The following selected information was taken from the company's accounting records: Total equivalent units of materials: 5,000 Total equivalent units of conversion: 4,400 Units started and completed during the period: 3,500 On the basis of this information, the ending work-in-process inventory's stage of completion is: Multiple Choice 60%. 40%. 80%. 70%. some other percentage not listed.

Answer 1

Answer: 60%

Explanation:

Find the ending work in process.

Materials are complete at inception so the Equivalent units of Materials represent the total units.

Ending WIP will therefore be:

= Materials EUP - Units started and completed

= 5,000 - 3,500

= 1,500 units

Stage of completion is based on Conversion.

Conversion EUP = Total started and completed + (x% * Closing WIP)

4,400 = 3,500 + (x% * 1,500)

4,400 = 3,500 + 15x

15x = 4,400 - 3,500

15x = 900

x = 900/15

x = 60%

Conversion is 60% complete so this is the stage of completion.