Fixed Costs Are $10 Per Unit, and Variable Costs Are

question 73

Essay

Fixed costs are $10 per unit, and variable costs are $25 per unit. Production was 13,000 units, while sales were 12,000 units. Determine (a) whether variable costing operating income is less than or greater than absorption costing operating income and (b) the difference in variable costing and absorption costing operating income.

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