Sunday Corp. uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 1,500 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in the beginning inventory were:

	Cost	Percent Complete
Materials costs	$ 6,600	50%
Conversion costs	$ 2,800	20%

A total of 7,900 units were started and 7,200 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month:

	Cost
Materials costs	$ 159,800
Conversion costs	$ 121,500

The ending inventory was 85% complete with respect to materials and 75% complete with respect to conversion costs.

The cost per equivalent unit for materials for the month in the first processing department is closest to:

Options:

$18.35

$16.54

$15.77

$16.29