ettie Corporation uses a weighted-average process costing system to collect costs related to production. The following selected information relates to production for October:                       Materials                         Conversion Units transferred to the next department                    50,000                                            50,000  Equivalent units: work in process, October 31                     10,000                                            4,000    Total equivalent units                  60,000                                            54,000                      Materials                         Conversion Costs in work in process on October 1           $            9,000                                $            5,400    Costs added to production during October                           243,000                                                        513,000              Total cost           $            252,000                                         $              518,400                  All materials at Bettie are added at the beginning of the production process.       What total amount of cost should be assigned to the units completed and transferred out during October?

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Bettie Corporation uses a weighted-average process costing system to collect costs related to production. The following selected information relates to production for October:

 

 

 

 

              Materials                         Conversion

Units transferred to the next department                    50,000                                            50,000 

Equivalent units: work in process, October 31                     10,000                                            4,000   

Total equivalent units                  60,000                                            54,000   

 

 

              Materials                         Conversion

Costs in work in process on October 1           $            9,000                                $            5,400   

Costs added to production during October                           243,000                                                        513,000             

Total cost           $            252,000                                         $              518,400               

 

All materials at Bettie are added at the beginning of the production process.

 

 

 

What total amount of cost should be assigned to the units completed and transferred out during October?

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