The Forming Department is the first of a two-stage production process. Spoilage is identified when the units have completed the Forming process. Costs of spoiled units are assigned to units completed and transferred to the second department in the period spoilage is identified. The following information concerns Forming’s conversion costs in May 2005:

Units

Conversion costs

Beginning work in process (50% complete)

2,000

$10,000

Units started during May

8,000

75,500

Spoilage—normal

500

Units completed and transferred

7,000

Ending work in process (80% complete)

2,500

Using the weighted-average method, what was Forming’s conversion cost transferred to the second production department?

  1. $59,850
  2. $64,125
  3. $67,500
  4. $71,250