Peter Senen Manufacturing Company has just completed its production activities for February 2019. The production manager furnished you their data for this month:   Department X Department Y Quantity units:          In process, February 1  16,000 10,000      Stage of completion 4/5 40%      Started in process  64,000        Received from prior department   70,000      In process, February 28  ? 12,000      Stage of completion  2/5  2/3 Costs data:          In process, February 1 $21,020  $20,300      Current costs               Materials 28,350 46,800           Labor 15,300 25,200           Manufacturing Overhead 9,180  14,400 In Department X, material application is described to you as follows: 10% is applied at the start of the process; 25% when the process reaches the mid-point; and the remainder, when the process reaches 85% completion. Labor and Overhead are applied evenly throughout the process.   In Department Y, the application of material is described as follows: 20% when the process is ‘1/4 completed; 30% when the process is ‘1/2 completed and the balance, at the end of the process. Both departments use the FIFO method. Required: a. The equivalent units of production for materials in Department X is b. The equivalent units of production for materials in Department Y is

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Peter Senen Manufacturing Company has just completed its production activities for February 2019. The production manager furnished you their data for this month:

  Department X Department Y
Quantity units:    
     In process, February 1  16,000 10,000
     Stage of completion 4/5 40%
     Started in process  64,000  
     Received from prior department   70,000
     In process, February 28  ? 12,000
     Stage of completion  2/5  2/3
Costs data:    
     In process, February 1 $21,020  $20,300
     Current costs    
          Materials 28,350 46,800
          Labor 15,300 25,200
          Manufacturing Overhead 9,180  14,400

In Department X, material application is described to you as follows: 10% is applied at the start of the process; 25% when the process reaches the mid-point; and the remainder, when the process reaches 85% completion. Labor and Overhead are applied evenly throughout the process.

 

In Department Y, the application of material is described as follows: 20% when the process is ‘1/4 completed; 30% when the process is ‘1/2 completed and the balance, at the end of the process. Both departments use the FIFO method.

Required:

a. The equivalent units of production for materials in Department X is

b. The equivalent units of production for materials in Department Y is

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