Weatherly Lumber Company processes wood pulp for manufacturing various paper products. The company employs a process costing system for its manufacturing operations. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. This is the company's production schedule for May: Percent Completed Materials Conversion 100% 50% Work-in-Process Inventory, May 1 Started during May Units to account for Units from beginning Work-in-Process, which were completed and transferred out during May Started and completed during May Work-in-Process Inventory, May 31 Total units accounted for The following cost data are available: Work-in-Process Inventory, May 1 Direct materials Conversion Costs incurred during May Direct materials Conversion $ 73,690 23,494 188, 280 315,810 Tons of Pulp 5,000 12,000 17,000 5,000 7,200 4,800 17,000 100% 50% Required: 1. Calculate the equivalent units of direct materials and conversion during May. Use the FIFO method. 2. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for both direct materials and conversion during May. Use the FIFO method.

Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.

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