The following information pertains to Doe Company's Smoothing Department for the month of April:
Units Materials Costs
Beginning work in process 21,000 $13,000
Started in April 38,500 $25,000
Units completed and transferred out 48,500
Ending work in process 10,000
All materials are added at the beginning of the process. Using the weighted-average method, the cost per equivalent unit for materials is closest to: