Waterway Processing Company uses a weighted-average process cost system and manufactures a single product—an industrial carpet shampoo and cleaner used by many universities. The manufacturing activity for the month of October has just been completed. A partially completed production cost report for the month of October for the Mixing and Cooking department is as follows.           Prepare a schedule that shows how the equivalent units were computed so that you can complete the “Quantities: Units accounted for” equivalent units section shown in the production cost report, and compute October unit costs.

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Waterway Processing Company uses a weighted-average process cost system and manufactures a single product—an industrial carpet shampoo and cleaner used by many universities. The manufacturing activity for the month of October has just been completed. A partially completed production cost report for the month of October for the Mixing and Cooking department is as follows.
 
 
 
 
 
Prepare a schedule that shows how the equivalent units were computed so that you can complete the “Quantities: Units accounted for” equivalent units section shown in the production cost report, and compute October unit costs. (Round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25 and other answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)

WATERWAY PROCESSING COMPANY
Mixing and Cooking Department
Production Cost Report
For the Month Ended October 31
       
Equivalent Units
   
Quantities
 
Physical
Units
 

Materials
 
Conversion
Costs
   
Units to be accounted for
               
   Work in process, October 1
   (all materials, 70% conversion costs)
 
25,000
           
   Started into production
 
187,500
           
      Total units
 
212,500
           
                 
Units accounted for
               
   Transferred out
 
150,000
 
 
 
 
   
   Work in process, October 31
   (60% materials, 40% conversion costs)
 
62,500
 
 
 
 
   
      Total units accounted for
 
212,500
 
 
 
 
   
                 

Costs
     

Materials
 
Conversion
Costs
 

Total
Unit costs
               
   Total Costs
     
$300,000
 
$131,250
 
$431,250
   Equivalent units
     
 
 
 
   
   Unit costs
     
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
 
                 
Costs to be accounted for
               
   Work in process, October 1
             
$37,500
   Started into production
             
393,750
      Total costs
             
$431,250
 
 
 
 
 
Complete the “Cost Reconciliation Schedule” part of the production cost report.

Cost Reconciliation Schedule
   
Costs accounted for
   
   Transferred out
 
$
 
   Work in process, October 31
   
      Materials
$
 
 
      Conversion costs
 
 
   Total costs
 
$
 
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