Mcadams Inc.uses a job-order costing system in which any underapplied or overapplied overhead is closed to cost of goods sold at the end of the month.In April the company completed job C21F that consisted of 18, 000 units of one of the company's standard products.No other jobs were in process during the month.The total manufacturing cost on job C21F's job cost sheet was $702, 000.The manufacturing overhead for the month was underapplied by $10, 080.During the month, 13, 000 completed units from job C21F were sold.No other products were sold during the month. The cost of goods sold that would appear on the income statement for April, after adjustment for any underapplied or overapplied overhead, is closest to:

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The total cost for job C21F is $702,000. Since 13,000 out of 18,000 units were sold, the cost of goods sold before adjustment is (13,000/18,000) * $702,000 = $507,000. The underapplied overhead of $10,080 is added to the cost of goods sold, making it $507,000 + $10,080 = $517,080.