During March,the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods 25,000 units that were in process at the beginning of March and 110,000 that were started and completed in March.March's beginning inventory units were 100% complete with respect to materials and 55% complete with respect to conversion.At the end of March,30,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 100% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to conversion.Compute the number of equivalent units with respect to both materials and conversion respectively for March using the FIFO method.
A)165,000 materials; 165,000 conversion.
B)135,000 materials; 119,000 conversion.
C)140,000 materials; 130,250 conversion.
D)165,000 materials; 144,000 conversion.
E)144,000 materials; 144,000 conversion.

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To compute equivalent units for materials and conversion using FIFO method, we need to consider the units that were completed and transferred out, as well as the units that were in process at the end of the period.

For materials:

- Units completed and transferred out = 25,000 + 110,000 = 135,000 
- Units in process at end of period = 30,000 
- Total equivalent units for materials = units completed and transferred out + (units in process x degree of completion) 
= 135,000 + (30,000 x 100%) 
= 165,000

For conversion:

- Equivalent units for beginning inventory = 55% of 25,000 = 13,750 
- Units completed and transferred out = 110,000 
- Equivalent units for units in process at end of period = 30,000 x 30% = 9,000 
- Total equivalent units for conversion = equivalent units for beginning inventory + units completed and transferred out + equivalent units for units in process at end of period 
= 13,750 + 110,000 + 9,000 
= 132,750

Therefore, the answer is C) 140,000 materials; 130,250 conversion.

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