Parmentier Company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The Molding Department is the second department in its production process. The data below summarize the department's operations in January.

Beginning work in process inventory ......... Units 3,800 Precent Complete with respect to conversion 90%

Transferred in from the prior department during January ...... 53,000

Completed and transferred to the next department during January ...... 51,300

Ending work in process inventory ..... 5,500 Precent Complete with respect to conversion 30%

The accounting records indicate that the conversion cost that had been assigned to beginning work in process inventory was $5,096 and a total of $87,668 in conversion costs were incurred in the department during January.

What was the cost per equivalent unit for conversion costs for January in the Molding Department? (Round off to three decimal places.)

Choices

A) $1.654

B) $1.752

C) $1.490

D) $1.499