Determining number of units were started and completed


Q1) Bell Computers, Ltd., located in Liverpool, England, assembles standardized personal computer from parts it buys from different suppliers. Production process comprises of many steps, starting with assembly of \"mother\" circuit board, that contains central processing unit. This assembly takes place in CPU Assembly Department. The company recently hired new accountant who prepared following report for department for May using weighted-average method:

Quantity Schedule  
Units to be accounted for:  
Work in process, May 1 (materials 90% complete; conversion 80% compete) 5,000
Started into production 29,000
Total units 34,000
Units to be accounted for as follows:  
Trasferred to next department 30
Work in process, May 31 (materials 75% complete; conversion 50% compete) 4,000
Total units 34,000
Cost Reconciliation  
Cost to be accounted for:  
Work in process, May 1 £ 13,400
Cost added in the department 87,800
Total cost to be accounted for £101,200
Cost accounted for as follows:  
Work in process, May 31 £ 8,200
Trasferred to next department 93,000
Total cost accounted for £101,200

Company\'s management would like some extra information about May\'s operation in CPU Assembly Department. (Currency in England is pound, which is denoted by symbol £.)

Determine how many units were started and completed during May?

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