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Carl\'s Calculator Xpress sells non-programmable calculators. (His target market

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Question

Carl's Calculator Xpress sells non-programmable calculators. (His target market: Accounting 209 students who forgot their calculators on Thursday nights.) Carl's has the following information available for the month of November:  

# of units

Cost per unit

Beginning inventory, November 1

5

$2.00

Purchase, November 11

8

$2.50

Purchase, November 24

10

$3.00

Ending inventory, November 30

3

What is the total amount of goods available for sale that Carl's must allocate between cost of goods sold and ending inventory?

a.

$20

b.

$23

c.

$50

d.

$60

e.

none of the above

Assume Carl's is using the FIFO cost flow method. What amount will Carl's report as cost of goods sold for November?

$40

$51

$52

$54

none of the above

assume instead that the company uses the LIFO inventory cost flow method. What amount will Carl report as Inventory on the company's November 30 balance sheet?

$6

$9

$51

$54

none of the above

but assume instead that the company uses the weighted average cost flow method. Carl's sells all calculators for $6 each. What amount will Carl's report as gross profit for November? (round cost per unit to 2 decimals, and final answer to whole dollars)

$44

$66

$68

$70

none of the above

# of units

Cost per unit

Beginning inventory, November 1

5

$2.00

Purchase, November 11

8

$2.50

Purchase, November 24

10

$3.00

Ending inventory, November 30

3

Explanation / Answer

Total Amount of goods available for sale :

Opening Stock                                    5*2 = 10

Purchases on 11-Nov                        8*2.5 = 20

Purchases on 11-Nov                        10*3 = 30

                                                 Total            60                

d. $60 Answer

Cost of Goods Sold if Clsoing stock on FIFO basis      :

Opening Stock                                 10

+ Purchaes                                       50

- Closing Stock 3*3                           9

    Cost of goods sold                       51

b. $51 Answer

Inventory as on November, 30 on LIFO Basis :

3*2 = 6

a. $6 Answer

Amount of GP :

Sales                               20*6   = 120

-Opening Stock                              10

-Purchases                                    50

+Closing Stock             60/23*3 = 8

Gross Profit                                   68              

c. $68 Answer