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Hello,
I need help in solving the 47th question from MA1 Specimen Exam, in Answers, only right option is available not solution.
Question:
25,000 units of a company’s single product are produced in a period during which 28,000 units are sold. Opening inventory was 7,000 units. Unit costs of the product are:
Direct costs $16.20/uint
Fixed production overhead $$7.60/unit
Fixed non-production overhead $2.90/unit
What is the difference in profit between absorption and marginal costing?
A $22,800
B $30,400
C $31,500
D $42,000
Thanks for your time.
Difference in inventory: 25000 vs 28000 ie a decrease of 3000
Multiply by fixed production overheads of $7.60
= A $22800
It’s important to note that the only difference between absorption and marginal costing profits is the inventory valuation ie the fixed overheads in the inventory.
Thanks for your kind help. I really appreciate it.
John can you please show the calculation ?
opening inventory: 7 K
production: 25 K
sold: (28 K)
——–
closing inventory: 4
——–
difference between
opening and closing inventory: 3
The question is about the DIFFERENCE. So the key to correctly approaching it is to focus on the difference, I suppose.
