During December, the Production Department of a Process Operations System

question 106

Multiple Choice

During December, the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods a total of 65,000 units of product. At the end of March, 15,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 80% complete with respect to materials. The beginning inventory included materials cost of $57,500 and the production department incurred direct materials cost of $183,000 during December. Compute the direct materials cost per equivalent unit for the department using the weighted-average method.

• A) $2.82.
• B) $2.38.
• C) $3.12.
• D) $4.79.
• E) $3.70.

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