Some of the information found on a detail inventory card for Headland Inc. for the first month of operations is as follows.
Received
Date No. of Units Unit Cost Issued, No. of Units Balance, No. of Units
January 2 1,700 $3.39 1,700
7 1,200 500
10 1,100 $3.62 1,600
13 1,000 600
18 1,500 $3.73 800 1,300
20 1,100 200
23 1,800 $3.84 2,000
26 1,300 700
28 2,100 $3.96 2,800
31 1,800 1,000
Calculate average-cost per unit. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.76.)
Average-cost per unit $ _____
From these data compute the ending inventory on each of the following bases. Assume that perpetual inventory records are kept in units only.
(1) First-in, first-out (FIFO).
(2) Last-in, first-out (LIFO).
(3) Average-cost. (Round final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,548.)
(1) FIFO (2) LIFO (3) Average-cost
Ending Inventory $ $ $
If the perpetual inventory record is kept in dollars, and costs are computed at the time of each withdrawal, would the amounts shown as ending inventory in (1), (2), and (3) above be the same? What amount would be shown as ending inventory? (Round average cost per unit to 4 decimal places, e.g. 2.7621 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,548.)