During December, the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods a total of 59,000 units of product. At the end of December, 11,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 50% complete with respect to materials. The beginning inventory included materials cost of $58,000 and the production department incurred direct materials cost of $184,500 during December. Compute the direct materials cost per equivalent unit for the department using the weighted-average method.