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The Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted-average method of process costing. At the beginning of the month, the forming department has 34,000 units in inventory, 75% complete as to materials and 25% complete as to conversion costs.

The beginning inventory cost of $78,100 consisted of $55,600 of direct materials costs and $22,500 of conversion costs. During the month, the forming department started 480,000 units. At the end of the month, the forming department had 40,000 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the painting department.

Cost information for the forming department is as follows:

Beginning work in process inventory $ 78,100
Direct materials added during the month 1,771,060
Conversion added during the month 1,163,340

Calculate the equivalent units of production for the forming department.