Cutting department of Sam limited uses the FIFO method. The following information is gathered from the company for December 2019:                                                                                              

	Materials	Conversion
Opening inventory 5,000 units (% completion)	100%	84%
Equivalent units of production for the department for December	48,000	47,800

                                                                                                               

a). Based on the above information, what can you conclude about at what point in the production process direct materials added in the company’s Cutting Department? (Start, end, evenly throughout the production process). 

b). If the ending inventory at December 31 includes 2,100 equivalent units of direct materials and 1,100 equivalent units of conversion, how many units were started and completed by the department during December?                                                                                              

c). Based on all information above (including parts (a) and (b)), compute the percentage completion for conversion for the ending inventory units. [round to whole number]

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