Required Information [The following Information apples to the questions displayed below.j The Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted-average method of process costing. At the beginning of the month, thee forming department has 30,000 units in inventory, 60% complete as to materials and 40% complete as to conversion costs. The beginning inventory cost of $70,100 consisted of $50,800 of direct materlals costs and $19,300 of conversion costs. During the month, the forming department started 400,000 units. At the end of the month, the forming department had 40,000 units in ending inventory, 85% complete as to materials and 35% complete as to conversion. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the palnting department. Cost information for the forming department is as follows Beginning work in process inventory Direct materials added during the month Conversion added during the month $ 70,1e0 1,539,200 1,047,260 1. Calculate the equivalent units of production for the forming department. Direct Materials Conversion