Richards Corporation uses the FIFO method of process costing.
The following information is available for October in its Fabricating Department: Units: Beginning Inventory: 83,000 units, 70% complete as to materials and 25% complete as to conversion. Units started and completed: 253,000. Units completed and transferred out: 336,000. Ending Inventory: 31,500 units, 40% complete as to materials and 10% complete as to conversion. Costs: Costs in beginning Work in Process – Direct Materials: $37,200. Costs in beginning Work in Process – Conversion: $79,700. Costs incurred in October – Direct Materials: $646,800. Costs incurred in October – Conversion: $919,300. Calculate the equivalent units of materials.
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349,900
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380,100
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253,000
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370,650
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290,500
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During March, the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods 30,000 units that were in process at the beginning of March and 120,000 that were started and completed in March. March’s beginning inventory units were 100% complete with respect to materials and 70% complete with respect to labor. At the end of March, 31,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 100% complete with respect to materials and 70% complete with respect to labor. The production department incurred direct labor cost of $580,600 and its beginning inventory included labor cost of $56,200. Compute the direct labor cost per equivalent unit for the department using the weighted-average method.
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$4.84.
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$3.38.
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$3.87.
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$3.71.
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$4.25.
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