(Appendix 5A)Prehn Corporation Manufactures and Sells One Product

question 23

Multiple Choice

(Appendix 5A) Prehn Corporation manufactures and sells one product.The following information pertains to the company's first year of operations: The company does not have any variable manufacturing overhead costs or variable selling and administrative costs.During its first year of operations, the company produced 36, 000 units and sold 30, 000 units.The company's only product is sold for $251 per unit. The company is considering using either super-variable costing or an absorption costing system that assigns $28 of direct labor cost and $70 of fixed manufacturing overhead to each unit that is produced.Which of the following statements is true regarding the net operating income in the first year?

• A)Super-variable costing net operating income exceeds absorption costing net operating income by $6, 000.
• B)Absorption costing net operating income exceeds super-variable costing net operating income by $588, 000.
• C)Absorption costing net operating income exceeds super-variable costing net operating income by $6, 000.
• D)Super-variable costing net operating income exceeds absorption costing net operating income by $588, 000.

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Definitions:

Sodium

A chemical element with the symbol Na, essential for many bodily functions, including the regulation of blood pressure and fluid balance.

Potassium

A chemical element with symbol K, essential for various cellular processes including the regulation of heartbeat and muscle function.

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A potent neurotoxin found in pufferfish and some other marine species that blocks nerve conduction by inhibiting sodium ion channels.

Sodium Channels

Sodium channels are proteins in cell membranes that allow sodium ions to flow into or out of cells, playing vital roles in the generation and transmission of electrical signals in neurons and muscle cells.