"I think we goofed when we hired that new assistant controller," said Ruth Scarpino, president of Provost Industries. "Just look at this report that he prepared for last month for the Finishing Department. I cant understand it.

" Finishing Department costs:

Work in process inventory, April 1, 1,200 units; materials 100% complete; conversion 88% complete $ 8,663* Costs transferred in during the month from the preceding department, 2,700 units 30,295 Materials cost added during the month 12,465 Conversion costs incurred during the month 26,490 Total departmental costs $ 77,913 Finishing Department costs assigned to: Units completed and transferred to finished goods, 3,300 units at $23.61 per unit $ 77,913 Work in process inventory, April 30, 600 units; materials 0% complete; conversion 50% complete 0 Total departmental costs assigned $ 77,913

*Consists of cost transferred in, $4,298; materials cost, $2,055; and conversion cost, $2,310.

"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 $23.61 unit cost that he's come up with for April. Doesn't that seem high to you?" said Ms. Scarpino.

"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. "Ill get someone else to redo this report and then we can see whats going on.

" Provost Industries manufactures a ceramic product that goes through two processing departmentsMolding and Finishing. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing.

Required: 1-a. Calculate the equivalent units of production.

1-b. 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?