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Introduction:
Equivalent units: Equivalent unit is the product unit that is physically not completed but it is measured as equivalent to completed unit.
FIFO method: FIFO is one of the methods of process costing, under this method the cost and units of beginning work in process inventory are accounted separately.
To Calculate: The equivalent units of production for the production department using the FIFO method

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