Almondz Co. has equivalent costs for Direct Materials (DM) of $77,626 and equivalent costs for Conversion Costs (CC) of $86,777 for the month of July. They reported the following information for July:
Almondz uses the Weighted-Average method for their process costing. What is the equivalent cost per unit for Direct Materials? (Round units to whole number and cost two decimal places.)

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Almondz Co. has equivalent costs for Direct Materials (DM) of $77,626 and equivalent costs for Conversion Costs (CC) of $86,777 for the month of July. They reported the following information for July:
 Almondz uses the Weighted-Average method for their process costing. What is the equivalent cost per unit for Direct Materials? (Round units to whole number and cost two decimal places.)

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This question requires calculation of the equivalent units for Almondz using the Weighted-Average method. This method does not account for beginning WIP Inventory separately. The units are calculated as follows: (60,740 × 100%) + (9,860 × 100%) = 60,740 + 9,860 = 70,600 units. To calculate the equivalent cost per unit, divide the equivalent costs by the number of units just calculated. $77,626 /70,600 = $1.10 per unit.