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Victory Company uses weighted-average process costing to account for its production costs. Direct labor is added evenly thorughout the process. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. During November, the company transferred 700,00 units of product to finished goods. At the end of November, the goods in process inventory consist of 180,000 units that are 30% complete with respect to labor. Beginning inventory had $420,000 of direct materials and $139,000 of direct labor costs. The direct material cost added in November is $2,220,000, and the direct labor costs added is $3,254,000.

Required:
a. Determine the equivalent units of production with respect to (a) direct labor and (b) direct materials.
b. Compute both the direct labor cost and the direct materials cost per equivalent unit.
c. Compute both direct labor cost and direct materials cost assigned to (a) units completed and transferred out and (b) ending goods in process inventory.

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Solution and Explanation:

Particulars                units  %  Material  %  Labor & overhead

Transferred to

finished goods      700000  100%  700000  100%  700000

Ending goods in

process                       180000  100%  180000  30%  54000

Total Equivalent units                      880000   754000  

Answer:2

Particulars                                  Material    Labor

Beginning inventory                   420000  139000

Added in november                  2220000  3254000

Total cost                                 2640000  3393000

Equivalent units                            880000  754000

Cost per equivalent units                      3               4.5