Calculate the costs per equivalent unit for the month


Pureform, Inc., manufactures a product that passes through two departments. Data for a recent month for the first department follow:


Units Materials Labor Overhead
  Work in process inventory, beginning 97,000 $ 101,200    $ 54,300    $ 69,600   
  Units started in process 918,000





  Units transferred out 940,000





  Work in process inventory, ending 75,000





  Cost added during the month
$ 1,674,620    $ 850,465    $ 995,225   

The beginning work in process inventory was 90% complete with respect to materials and 75% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The ending work in process inventory was 70% complete with respect to materials and 50% complete with respect to labor and overhead.

Required:
Assume that the company uses the FIFO method of accounting for units and costs.
1.

Compute the equivalent units for the month for the first processing department.


2.

Determine the costs per equivalent unit for the month. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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