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Equivalent Units; Weighted-Average and FIFO Unit Cost Solidad Company calculates the cost...

Equivalent Units; Weighted-Average and FIFO Unit Cost Solidad Company calculates the cost for an equivalent unit of production using process costing.

Data for June

Work-in-process inventory, June 1: 30,000 units

Direct materials: 100 percent complete

$ 60,000

Conversion: 20 percent complete

24,000

Balance in work-in-process, June 1

$ 84,000

Units started during June

50,000

Units completed and transferred

60,000

Work-in-process inventory, June 30

20,000

Direct materials: 100 percent complete

 

Conversion: 70 percent complete

 

Cost incurred during June

 

Direct materials

$120,000

Conversion costs

 

Direct labor

120,000

Applied overhead

180,000

Total conversion costs

$300,000

Required

1. Compute cost per equivalent unit for both the weighted-average and FIFO methods.

2. Explain the difference between the FIFO and weighted-average unit costs.

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