ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

JOB ORDER COSTING

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What are equivalent units?
A
Partially completed unit to be sold as is
B
Partially finished unit replacement
C
Various types of units with the same selling price
D
Partially completed units are expressed in terms of fully completed units
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An equivalent unit of production is an expression of the amount of work done by a manufacturer on units of output that are partially completed at the end of an accounting period. Basically the fully completed units and the partially completed units are expressed in terms of fully completed units.

Detailed explanation-2: -Equivalent units describe how much work has been done on a certain number of physical items. To simply calculate equivalent units, you can multiply the number of physical items by the percentage of the work done on them. For two items that are 50% done, you would have one equivalent unit (2 x 50% = 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -Equivalent units are partially completed units in the work in process (ending) to be converted. Equivalent units can be calculated by simply multiplying the percentage of completion to the number of physical units.

Detailed explanation-4: -Equivalent units = number of physical units × percentage of completion. Units completed and transferred out are 100 percent complete. Thus equivalent units are the same as the physical units. Equivalent units = number of physical units × percentage of completion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Equivalent units are notional whole units that are equivalent to the number of incomplete units adjusted for their stage of completion. For example, if there are 200 incomplete units in a process at the end of a period and they are 75% complete then this is equivalent to 150 (200 × 0.75) whole (complete) units.

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