Question

Determine the inventory cost using the (a) first-in, first-out (FIFO) method; (b) last-in, first-out (LIFO) method; and (c) weighted average cost method (round per-unit cost to two decimal places and your final answer to the nearest whole dollar).

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Cost of inventory sold using FIFO method = $179,280

(b) Cost of inventory sold using LIFO method = $188,700

(c) Cost of inventory sold using weighted average cost method = $186,000

Explanation:

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The explanation of the answers is now provided as follows:

Units of inventory sold = Units available for sale - Ending physical inventory units = 45 – 14 = 31

(a) first-in, first-out (FIFO) method

Under FIFO, inventory purchased first is sold first. Therefore, we have:

Cost of inventory sold using FIFO = 12 units at $5,400 each from Jan. 1 + 18 units at $6,000 each from Aug. 7 Purchase + 1 unit at $6,480 from Dec. 11 Purchase = (12 * $5,400) + (18 * $6,000) + (1 * $6,480) = $64,800 + $108,000 + $6,480 = $179,280

(b) last-in, first-out (LIFO) method

Under LIFO, inventory purchased last is sold first. Therefore, we have:

Cost of inventory sold using LIFO = 15 unit at $6,480 each from Dec. 11 Purchase + 16 units at $6,000 each from Aug. 7 Purchase = (15 * $6,480) + (16 * $6,000) = $97,200 + $96,000 = $188,700

(c) weighted average cost method (round per-unit cost to two decimal places and your final answer to the nearest whole dollar).

Under the weighted average cost method, the cost of goods available for sale is divided by the number of units available for sale to obtain average cost per unit. This is then used to multiply the total units sold to obtain the cost of inventory sold as follows:

Weighted average cost per unit = Cost of goods available for sale / Units available for sale = $270,000 / 45 = $6,000

Cost of inventory sold using weighted average cost method = Units of inventory sold * Weighted average cost per unit = 31 * $6,000 = $186,000

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