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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted average method and it reports the following unit data for the Forming department. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the painting department.

Units Direct Materials Conversion
Percent Complete Percent Complete
Beginning work in process inventory 27,000 80% 20%
Units started this period 339,000
Completed and transferred out 326,000
Ending work in process inventory 40,000 85% 35%

Production cost information for the forming department follows.

Beginning work in process
Direct materials $ 47,200
Conversion 16,000 $ 63,200
Costs added this period
Direct materials 1,349,600
Conversion 956,400 2,306,000
Total costs to account for $ 2,369,200

Exercise 16-6 (Algo) Weighted average: Cost per EUP and costs assigned to output LO P1

a. Calculate the equivalent units of production for both direct materials and conversion for the Forming department. b. Calculate the costs per equivalent unit of production for both direct materials and conversion for the Forming department. c. Using the weighted average method, assign costs to the forming departments outputspecifically, its units transferred to painting and its ending work in process inventory.

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