Question

A department adds raw materials to a process at the beginning of the process and incurs conversion costs uniformly throughout the process. For the month of January, there were no units in the beginning work in process inventory; 80,000 units were started into production in January; and there were 20,000 units that were 40% complete in the ending work in process inventory at the end of January. What were the total equivalent units of production for conversion costs for the month of January

Answer 1

Equivalent units of production= 68,000 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Units started and completed= 80,000 - 20,000= 60,000

Units in ending inventory= 20,000 nits that were 40% complete in the ending work in process inventory at the end of January.

To calculate the equivalent units for conversion costs, we need to use the following formula:

Units completed in the period + Equivalent units in ending inventory WIP (units*%completion) = Equivalent units of production

Equivalent units of production= 60,000 + (20,000*0.4)

Equivalent units of production= 68,000 units