ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

PROCESS COSTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Equivalent units of production are computed to assign costs to partially completed units.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
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: -Which are true statements about equivalent units of production? It is calculated by adding units completed and transferred to the finishing department and product of the units in process and the percent complete.

Detailed explanation-3: -Equivalent units are computed to assign costs to partially completed units. (T) The weighted average method combines beginning inventory and current production to compute costper unit of production.

Detailed explanation-4: -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). When the items are completely finished, the number of equivalent units is equal to the physical items.

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