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The following information concerns production in the Forging Department for November. All direct materials are placed into the process at the beginning of production, and conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the process. The beginning inventory consists of $50,160 of direct materials.

ACCOUNT Work in Process—Forging Department							ACCOUNT NO.
Date		Item	Debit		Credit		Balance
							Debit		Credit
Nov.	1	Bal., 3,800 units, 70% completed					60,268
	30	Direct materials, 35,000 units	455,000				515,268
	30	Direct labor	58,710				573,978
	30	Factory overhead	81,066		?		655,044
	30	Goods finished, ? units					?
	30	Bal., 3,000 units, 90% completed					?

Cost per equivalent units of $13.00 for Direct Materials and $3.90 for Conversion Costs.

Based on the above data, determine each of the following amounts.

If required, round your interim calculations to two decimal places. Round final answers (a-c) to the nearest dollar.

a. Cost of beginning work in process inventory completed in November.
$ ???

b. Cost of units transferred to the next department during November.
$ ????

c. Cost of ending work in process inventory on November 30.
$ ????

d. Costs per equivalent unit of direct materials and conversion included in the November 1 beginning work in process. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Direct materials cost per equivalent unit	$????
Conversion cost per equivalent unit	$????

Answer 1

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