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Alpha Company uses the weighted-average process costing method. During the month of March the direct material equivalent unit cost was $10.00 and the conversion cost equivalent unit was $6.00. Alpha completed and transferred $96,000 of production to the finished goods inventory for the month of March. Use this information to determine the number of units that were transferred from the Work in Process.
| Step-1:Calculate equivalent units | |||||||||||
| Cost of units completed and transferred out | = | Equivalent Units *Cost per equivalent units | |||||||||
| or, | $ 96,000 | = | Equivalent Units *$ 6.00 | ||||||||
| or, | Equivalent units | = | $ 96,000 | / | $ 6.00 | ||||||
| or, | Equivalent units | = | 16,000 | ||||||||
| Working : | |||||||||||
| Cost per equivalent units | = | Direct Material cost per equivalent unit + Conversion cost per equivalent units | |||||||||
| = | $ 10.00 | + | $ 6.00 | ||||||||
| = | $ 16.00 | ||||||||||
| Step-2:Calculate physical unnits | |||||||||||
| As per weighted average method, Units completed and transferred out are 100% completed. | |||||||||||
| So, Physical units and equivalent units completed and transferred out are same. | |||||||||||
| Thus, number of units that were transferred from the Work in Process is 16,000 | |||||||||||