Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted average method and it reports the following unit data for the Forming department. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the painting department. Direct Materials Conversion Units Beginning work in process inventory 25,000 Percent Percent Complete Complete 60% 40% Units started this period Completed and transferred out Ending work in process inventory Production cost information for the forming department follows. 300,000 295,000 30,000 80% 30% Beginning work in process Direct materials Conversion Costs added this period. Direct materials Conversion $ 44,800 15,300 $ 60,100 1,231,200 896,700 2,127,900 $ 2,188,000 Total costs to account for Assume that Fields uses the FIFO method of process costing. a. Calculate the number of units started and completed this period for the Forming department. b. Calculate the equivalent units of production for both direct materials and conversion for the Forming department. c. Calculate the costs per equivalent unit of production for both direct materials and conversion for the Forming department.