On August 31, the End of the First Year of Operations

question 86

Essay

On August 31, the end of the first year of operations, during which 18,000 units were manufactured and 13,500 units were sold, Olympic Inc. prepared the following income statement based on the variable costing concept:
Determine the unit cost of goods manufactured, based on (a) the variable costing concept and (b) the absorption costing concept.

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