"I think we goofed when we hired that new assistant controller," sald Ruth Scarpino, president of Provost Industries "Just look at this report that he prepared for last month for the Finishing Department. I can't understand it." Tinishing Department conta Work in process inventory, April 1, 2,150 unktu material 100% complete conversion 881 complete 63.646 Conto transferred in during the month from the preceding department, 2,650 units 29.486 Materials cost added during the month 12,062 Conversion coats incurred during the month 25, 700 Total departmental conta $75,094 Finishing Department conte assigned to Units completed and transferred to finished goods, 3,200 unita at $23.720 per unit $ 75,894 Work in process Inventory, April 30, 600 unitat materials 0 complete conversion 509 completo Total departmental coste soigned 675,094 Consists of cost transferred in. $4,296; materials cost, $2,050, and conversion cost, $2,300. "He's struggling to learn our system, replied Frank Harrop, the operations manager. "The problem is that he's been away from process costing for a long time, and it's coming back slowly "It's not just the format of his report that I'm concerned about. Look at that $23720 unit cost that he's come up with for April. Doesn't that seem high to you?" said Ms. Scarpino. 0 "Yes, It does seem high; but on the other hand, I know we had an increase in materials prices during April, and that may be the explanation" replied Mr. Harrop. "I'll get someone else to redo this report and then we can see what's going on Provost Industries manufactures a ceramic product that goes through two processing departments --Molding and Finishing. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing. Required: 1-a. Calculate the equivalent units of production. 1-6. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 1-c. How much cost should have been assigned to the ending work in process inventory? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) 1-d. How much cost should have been assigned to the units completed and transferred to finished goods? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Transferred In Costs Materials Conversion Total 1-a. Equivalent units of production 1-6. Cont per equivalent unit 1. Cost of ending work in process inventory 1.d. Cost of units completed and transferred out