Required information Use the following information for the Exercises below. [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] The Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted-average method of process costing. At the beginning of the month, the forming department has 30,000 units in inventory, 65% complete as to materials and 35% complete as to conversion costs. The beginning inventory cost of $61,000 consisted of $45,000 of direct materials costs and $16,000 of conversion costs. During the month, the forming department started 300,000 units. At the end of the month, the forming department had 35,000 units in ending inventory, 90% complete as to materials and 20% complete as to conversion. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the painting department. Cost information for the forming department is as follows: Beginning work in process inventory Direct materials added during the month Conversion added during the month $ 61,100 1,261,000 890,000 Exercise 20-6 Weighted average: Cost per EUP and costs assigned to output LO C2 1. Calculate the equivalent units of production for the forming department. Direct Materials Conversion