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VVioleta11y ago
Hello!Would you please help me with that question: Jump nad Duck Co manufactures BB guns.The following is the relevant data: Sale prise 78/unit Direct material 15/unit Direct labour 32/unit Indirect material 6/unit Indirect material 8/unit Factory rent 200 000/month Normal production capacity is 40 000 units whereas actual units produced are 35 000 and units sold are 32 000.All cost other than rent are variable cost. What is teh difference in total product cost for actual units prodused calculated under Absorption costing method and Marginal costing method? A 2 135 000 B 200 000 C 2 310 000 D 175 000
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#1
The production is 35,000 units. The only difference in unit cost between marginal and absorption costing is the fixed production overheads per unit. From the question, the only fixed production cost is the rent. This is always absorbed on budgeted figures and so is charged at 200,000/40,000 = $5 per unit. So the difference in the cost of total production will be 35,000 x $5 = $175,000 (D)
VVioleta11y ago#2
Thank you John! Have a nice evening!
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#3
You are welcome. You have a nice evening also :-)
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