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- August 22, 2022 at 10:48 am #663911
the following information relates to a company polishing process for the previous period
output to finished goods 5408 units valued at $29744
normal loss 276 units
actual loss 112 unitsall losses have a scrap value of $2.50 per unit and there was no opening or closing work in progress
the value of the input during the period was?
I have a question about the calculation of a unit of output is $29,744/5,408 = $5.50
As we know we should divide the cost by the expected output… We should assume that this given number of units (5408) is the expected output right? I am a little bit confused here…
August 22, 2022 at 10:57 am #663916The expected output is not 5,408. There is a normal loss of 276 units and therefore they were expecting the output to be higher.
August 23, 2022 at 8:47 am #664004How do you know that they were expecting higher output?
Why they don’t divided on expected output instead of actual output?
August 23, 2022 at 11:40 am #664033Sorry, ignore my previous answer.
The question says that the actual output was 5,408. It also says that these units have ben valued at $29,744.
Therefore they must have been valuing each unit at 29,744/5,408 = $5.50
How they calculated a value of $5.50 per unit is not relevant.
August 24, 2022 at 8:14 am #664132thanks <3
August 25, 2022 at 8:43 am #664214You are welcome.
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