In Ramirez Company, materials are entered at the beginning of each process. Work in process inventories, with the percentage of work done on conversion costs, and production data for its Sterilizing Department in selected months during 2010 are as follows.

Beginning
Work in Process

Ending
Work in Process

Month

Units

Conversion
Cost%

Units
Transferred Out

Units

Conversion
Cost%

January

–0–

7,000

2,000

60

March

–0–

12,000

3,000

30

May

–0–

16,000

5,000

80

July

–0–

10,000

1,500

40

Instructions

(a) Compute the physical units for January and May.

(b) Compute the equivalent units of production for (1) materials and (2) conversion costs for each month.