Darden Corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The first processing department, the Welding Department, started the month with 18,000 units in its beginning work in process inventory that were 10 % complete with respect to conversion costs. The conversion cost in this beginning work in process inventory was $16.200. An additional 84.000 units were started into production during the month. There were 17000 units in the ending work in process inventory of the Welding Department that were 70% complete with respect to conversion costs. A total of $836,880 in conversion costs were incurred in the department during the month. The cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for the month is closest to: Multiple Choice $8.286 $9.000 $8.804 $9.963