A production department in a process manufacturing system completed its work on 72,000 units of product and transferred them to the next department during a recent period. Of these units, 28,800 were in process at the beginning of the period. The other 43,200 units were started and completed during the period. At period-end, 17,100 units were in process.
Prepare the department’s equivalent units of production with respect to direct materials under each of three separate assumptions using the Weighted -average method for process costing.

True or flase? a. new technological developments can us adapt to depleting sources of natural resources. b. research and development funds from the government to private industry never pay off for the country as a whole; they only increase the profits of rich corporations. c. in order for fledgling industries in poor nations to thrive, they must receive protection from foreign trade. d. countries with few natural resources will always be poor. e. as long as real gdp (gross domestic product) grows at a slower rate than the population, per capita real gdp increases.