Michael Miller is paid twice a month and had total gross earnings as of 10/15 of $127,000. His gross earnings for the period ending 10/31 were $6,000. If social security taxes are 6.2% on a maximum earnings threshold of $132,900 per year and Medicare tax is 1.45% on all earnings, how much social security tax will be paid by Michael and how much will be paid by his employer for the period ending 10/31?

Brody corp. uses a process costing system in which direct materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. beginning inventory for january consisted of 1,050 units that were 65% completed. 10,900 units were started into the process during january. on january 31, the inventory consisted of 500 units that were 50% completed. what would be the equivalent units for direct materials cost using the weighted average method?