Hearty Soup Co. uses a process cost system to record the costs of processing soup, which requires the cooking and filling processes. Materials are entered from the cooking process at the beginning of the filling process. The inventory of Work in Process-Filling on April 1 and debits to the account during April were as follows:   Bal., 700 units, 30% completed: Direct materials (700 × $4.20) $2,940 Conversion (700 × 30% × $1.75) 368   $3,308 From Cooking Department, 7,500 units $32,250 Direct labor 8,560 Factory overhead 2,542   During April, 700 units in process on April 1 were completed, and of the 7,500 units entering the department, all were completed except 600 units that were 90% completed. Charges to Work in Process-Filling for May were as follows:   From Cooking Department, 9,300 units $41,850 Direct labor 12,032 Factory overhead 2,477   During May, the units in process at the beginning of the month were completed, and of the 9,300 units entering the department, all were completed except 450 units that were 35% completed.

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I am trying to figure out how to claculate the finished goods for this problem. for april and may.  the answers go on the work-in process filling account and I am having a veryh challenging time trying to figure out how this was calculated.  On the example your site provides it says that the finished goods are 49818 but I can't figure out how you got that number.  Can you help please?

 

Hearty Soup Co. uses a process cost system to record the costs of processing soup, which requires the cooking and filling processes. Materials are entered from the cooking process at the beginning of the filling process. The inventory of Work in Process-Filling on April 1 and debits to the account during April were as follows:
 
Bal., 700 units, 30% completed:
Direct materials (700 × $4.20) $2,940
Conversion (700 × 30% × $1.75) 368
  $3,308
From Cooking Department, 7,500 units $32,250
Direct labor 8,560
Factory overhead 2,542
 
During April, 700 units in process on April 1 were completed, and of the 7,500 units entering the department, all were completed except 600 units that were 90% completed.
Charges to Work in Process-Filling for May were as follows:
 
From Cooking Department, 9,300 units $41,850
Direct labor 12,032
Factory overhead 2,477
 
During May, the units in process at the beginning of the month were completed, and of the 9,300 units entering the department, all were completed except 450 units that were 35% completed.
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