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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	61,000	$49,700.00	$10,600.00	$24,300.00
Units started in process	579,000
Units transferred out	600,000
Work in process inventory, ending	40,000
Cost added during month		$657,100.00	$130,160.00	$300,060.00

The beginning work in process inventory was 70% complete with respect to materials and 55% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The ending work in process inventory was 50% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to labor and overhead.

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Assume that the company uses the weighted-average method of accounting for units and costs. 1. Compute the equivalent units for the month for the first department. Materials labor overhead Equivalent units of production 2. Determine the costs per equivalent unit for the month. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Materials labor overhead Equivalent units of production

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