Old Country Links, Incorporated, produces sausages in three production departments$-$Mixing, Casing and Curing,

and Packaging. In the Mixing Department, meats are prepared, ground and mixed with spices. The spiced meat

mixture is transferred to the Casing and Curing Department, where the mixture is force$-$fed into casings and hung and

cured in climate$-$controlled smoking chambers. In the Packaging Department, the cured sausages are sorted, packed,

and labeled. The company uses the weighted$-$average method of process costing. Data for September for the Casing

and Curing Department follow:

Mixing cost represents the costs of the spiced meat mixture transferred in from the Mixing Department. The spiced

meat mixture is processed in the Casing and Curing Department in batches; each unit in the above table is a batch

and one batch of spiced meat mixture produces a set amount of sausages that are passed on to the Packaging

Department. During September, $130$ batches $($i$.$e$.,$ units$)$ were completed and transferred to the Packaging

Department.

Required:

For September: $$

Determine the Casing and Curing Department's equivalent units of production for mixing, materials, and

conversion.

Compute the Casing and Curing Department's cost per equivalent unit for mixing, materials, and conversion.

Compute the Casing and Curing Department's cost of ending work in process inventory for mixing, materials,

conversion, and in total.

Compute the Casing and Curing Department's cost of units transferred out to the Packaging Department for

mixing, materials, conversion, and in total.

Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Casing and Curing Department.

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Determine the Casing and Curing Department's equivalent units of production for mixing, materials, and conversion for the

month of September.

Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to $1$ decimal place.