Phantom Company has beginning and ending Work-in-Process Inventories that are 45% and 10% complete, respectively. Materials are added at the beginning of the process. If first-in, first-out (FIFO) process costing is used, the total equivalent units for materials will equal the number of units:
A) transferred out during the period.
B) started and completed during the period.
C) started into the process during the period.
D) started into the process plus the units in the ending inventory.

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Materials are added at the beginning of the process, so the equivalent units for materials are equal to the number of units started into the process during the period.

Phantom Company Has Beginning and Ending Work-In-Process Inventories That Are