Costs per Equivalent Unit and Production Costs The following information concerns production in the Forging Department for November. All direct materials are placed into the process at the beginning of production, and conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the process. The beginning inventory consists of $9,000 of dire materials. ACCOUNT Work in Process-Forging Department ACCOUNT No. Balance Date Item Debit Credit Debit Credit Nov. 1 Bal., 900 units, 60% completed 10,566 30 Direct materials, 12,900 units 123,840 134,406 30 Direct labor 21,650 156,056 30 Factory overhead 16,870 172,926 30 Goods transferred, 2 units 30 Bal., 1,400 units, 70% completed Based on the above deta, determine each of the following amounts. If required, round your interim calculations to two decimal places. Round final answers (a-c) to the nearest dollar. a. Cost of beginning work in process inventory completed in November. b. Cost of units transferred to the next department during November. e Cost of ending work in process inventory on November 30. d. Costs per equivalent unit of direct materials and conversion included in the November 1 beginning work in process. If required, round your answers to two decimal places Direct materials cost per equivalent unit s Conversion cost per equivalent unit
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![Costs per Equivalent Unit and Production Costs
The following information concerns production in the Forging Department for November. All direct materials are placed into the process at the beginning of production, and conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the process. The beginning inventory consists of $9,000 of direct
materials.
ACCOUNT Work in Process-Forging Department
ACCOUNT No.
Balance
Date
Item
Debit
Credit
Debit
Credit
Nov.
1 Bal., 900 units, 60% completed
10,566
30 Direct materials, 12,900 units
123,840
134,406
30 Direct labor
21,650
156,056
30 Factory overhead
16,870
172,926
30 Goods transferred, 2 units
30 Bal., 1,400 units, 70% completed
Based on the above data, determine each of the following amounts.
If required, round your interim calculations to two decimal places. Round final answers (a-c) to the nearest dollar.
a. Cost of beginning work in process inventory completed in November.
b. Cost of units transferred to the next department during November.
c. Cost of ending work in process inverıtory on November 30.
d. Costs per equivalent unit of direct materials and conversion induded in the November 1 beginning work in process. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
Direct materials cost per equivalent unit
Conversion cost per equivalent unit
e. The November increase or decrease in costs per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion from the previous month. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.
Increase or Decrease
Amount
Change in direct materials cost per equivalent unit
Change in conversion cost per equivalent unit](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9e6d46b8-2fb4-4801-b647-f4e118847012%2Fb8b5b5d9-bfdb-4ed4-9bb3-87ec631747f5%2F5utloh_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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The following computations are done to calculate the cost related to units processed and completed during the current period.
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