Mountain Springs Water Company has two departments, Purifying and Bottling. The Bottling Department had 3,000 liters in beginning work in process inventory (30% complete). During the period, 71,000 liters were completed. The ending work in process was 5,000 liters (70% completed). What is the total equivalent units for direct materials (using the FIFO method) if materials were added at the beginning of the process

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Jaime Barnes

20 June, 02:10

Mountain Springs Water Company has two departments, Purifying and Bottling. The Bottling Department had 3,000 liters in beginning work in process inventory (30% complete). During the period, 71,000 liters were completed. The ending work in process was 5,000 liters (70% completed). What is the total equivalent units for direct materials (using the FIFO method) if materials were added at the beginning of the process

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Oscar Morrow · Answer 1

73,000 units

Explanation:

The computation of the direct material using the FIFO method is shown below:

= Units started and completed units * completion percentage + closing work in process units * completion percentage

= (71,000 units - 3,000 units) * 100% + 5,000 units * 100%

= 68,000 units + 5,000 units

= 73,000 units

We simply applied the above formula so the material equivalent unit could come