Reference no: EM132472811

Question - Gunes Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. This month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 1,000 units. The costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were:

	Cost	Percent Complete
Materials costs	$10,800	65%
Conversion costs	$13,000	30%

A total of 8,700 units were started and 7,600 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	$142,300
Conversion costs	$359,700

The ending inventory was 50% complete with respect to materials and 35% complete with respect to conversion costs.

Required - Compute the cost per equivalent unit for materials for the month in the first processing department?

a. $17.70

b. $16.42

c. $15.82

d. $14.68