Bright Colors Company Placed 315,000 Gallons of Direct Materials into the Mixing

Essay

Bright Colors Company placed 315,000 gallons of direct materials into the mixing process. All direct materials are placed in mixing at the beginning of the process and conversion costs occur evenly during the process. Bright Colors uses weighted-average costing. The initial forecast for the end of the month was to have 75,000 gallons still in process, 15% converted as to labor and factory overhead.
Required:
a.Determine the total equivalent units (in process and transferred out) for direct materials and for conversion costs, assuming there was no beginning inventory.
b.With the installation of a new paint processing filtration device, the forecast for the end of the month was to have 50,000 gallons still in process, 70% converted as to labor and factory overhead. In this event, determine the equivalent units (in process and transferred out) for direct materials and for conversion costs, assuming there was no beginning inventory.