Perpetual inventory using fifo beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for dvd players are as follows: november 1 inventory 50 units at $64 10 sale 33 units 15 purchase 28 units at $67 20 sale 26 units 24 sale 8 units 30 purchase 22 units at $71 the business maintains a perpetual inventory system, costing by the first-in, first-out method. a. determine the cost of the goods sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in exhibit 3. under fifo, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the lower unit cost first in the cost of goods sold unit cost column and in the inventory unit cost column. cost of the goods sold schedule first-in, first-out method dvd players date quantity purchased purchases unit cost purchases total cost quantity sold cost of goods sold unit cost cost of goods sold total cost inventory quantity inventory unit cost inventory total cost nov. 1 nov. 10 nov. 15 nov. 20 nov. 24 nov. 30 nov. 30 balances b. based upon the preceding data, would you expect the inventory to be higher or lower using the last-in, first-out method?

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?