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The major difference between weighted average and FIFO is

A) how completed and transferred units are treated.
B) how ending inventory is treated.
C) how beginning inventory is treated.
D) how current period costs are treated.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying significance of different data points, more heavily influencing the average with more important or larger values.

FIFO

An inventory valuation method where the first items produced or purchased are the first ones considered sold, standing for "First-In, First-Out."

  • Differentiate between the major process costing methods: FIFO and weighted average.
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