Figure 5-6.Stutz, Inc. designs and builds basketball gymnasiums. Each gymnasium is custom-built to individual customers' specifications. Stutz uses job-order costing to keep track of its costs. In February it worked on three jobs. Data for these jobs are as follows:
Overhead is applied to jobs at the rate of $25 per machine hour. By February 28, Job 178 is the only one unfinished. The balance of Finished Goods on February 1 is $94,000 (consisting of Job 177). Jobs 177 and 179 are sold during February. Stutz sells its product at cost plus 40%.
-Refer to Figure 5-6. Calculate the balance in Work-in-Process on February 28.

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Figure 5-6.Stutz, Inc. designs and builds basketball gymnasiums. Each gymnasium is custom-built to individual customers' specifications. Stutz uses job-order costing to keep track of its costs. In February it worked on three jobs. Data for these jobs are as follows:
  Overhead is applied to jobs at the rate of $25 per machine hour. By February 28, Job 178 is the only one unfinished. The balance of Finished Goods on February 1 is $94,000 (consisting of Job 177). Jobs 177 and 179 are sold during February. Stutz sells its product at cost plus 40%.
-Refer to Figure 5-6. Calculate the balance in Work-in-Process on February 28.

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The balance in Work-in-Process on February 28 is $23,600. This is calculated by adding the beginning balance of $16,100 to the total manufacturing costs incurred during February of $7,500.