Giga Company uses a weighted average process cost system. The department started and finished 129,000 units during the current period. The ending inventory consists of 60,000 units that are 75% complete with respect to direct labor and overhead. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. The department incurred direct labor costs of $262,500 and overhead costs of $126,000.(a) Compute the equivalent cost per unit for direct labor.(b) Compute the equivalent cost per unit for overhead.

What will be an ideal response?


?Physical UnitsPercent AddedEquivalent Units
Units started and completed…………129,000100129,000
Ending Work in Process…………… 60,00075 45,000
Total units……………………………189,000?174,000
(a)Direct labor cost per equiv. unit= $262,500/174,000 equivalent units = $1.51 per equivalent unit

(b)Overhead cost per equiv. unit= $126,000/174,000 equivalent units
 = $0.72 per equivalent unit

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