Explanation:
Cookies are transferred to the colorful packaging to be displayed on the shelves of the stores. These packaged cookies are transferred in the carton to be delivered at the stores.
Now the data given in this question is as follows:
Staring Units of cookies in the packaging department = 1000 units
New units of cookies transferred in from the baking department to the packaging department = 5000 units.
Now total units that packaging department have = 1000 + 5000 = 6000 units of cookies.
Total unit of cookies transferred out to the finished goods department = 5500 units of cookies.
So the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packing department will be the total units in the packaging department less the total units transferred out to the finished goods department, i-e
6000 - 5500 = 500 units of cookies remaining in the packaging department.