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absorption and marginal costing

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The manufacture of a product is expected to involve the following costs Fixed Variable Raw materials – $7.50 per unit produced Direct labour – $5.00 per unit produced Factory overheads $500,000 $2.50 per unit produced Selling and administration costs $200,000 $2.50 per unit sold Sales price $50 per unit sold If normal activity is 50,000 units produced and sold, what is the absorption cost of a unit of finished goods inventory? see here i had calculated 50000/50=1000units then factory o/h =$500000/1000=$500 so, now for absorption cost per unit calculation we add dm +dl+var cost+factory cost (500/50)why? i could nt understand it why they do 50000/50 i am wrong pls explain
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor2y ago#1
The question says that they produce 50,000 units. You have taken 50,000/50 which would only be correct if the sales in total were $50,000. However they are not $50,000, they are 50,000 units.
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