The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of Jurislon equal to 30% of
the following month’s production needs. On July 31, this requirement was not met since
only 10,400 kilograms of Jurislon were on hand. The cost of Jurislon is $4.00 per
kilogram. The company wants to prepare a Direct Materials Purchase Budget for the
next five months.
The total cost of Jurislon to be purchased in August is:
A.$149,860
B.$252,400
C.$191,460
D.$147,000
9) Larner Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system.
Operating data for the first processing department for the month of June appear below:
According to the company’s records, the conversion cost in beginning work in process
inventory was $68,064 at the beginning of June. Additional conversion costs of
$585,324 were incurred in the department during the month.
What was the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for the month? (Round off to
three decimal places.)