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RTI Company’s master budget calls for production and sale of 19,200 units for $9

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Question

RTI Company’s master budget calls for production and sale of 19,200 units for $96,000; variable costs of $42,240; and fixed costs of $21,200. During the most recent period, the company incurred $33,200 of variable costs to produce and sell 21,200 units for $86,200. During this same period, the company earned $26,200 of operating income. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

Required: 1. Determine the following for RTI Company: a. Flexible-budget operating income. b. Flexible-budget variance, in terms of contribution margin. c. Flexible-budget variance, in terms of operating income. d. Sales volume variance, in terms of contribution margin. e. Sales volume variance, in terms of operating income.

Explanation / Answer

We have provided with the information as follow

(a )

. Flexible-budget operating income is $ 38,160

working notes for the above answer is as follow

(b)

Flexible-budget variance, in terms of contribution margin

b Contribution margin FB variance = actual CM flexible budget contribution margin

=53000-59360

=6360 Unfavrable

c. Flexible-budget variance, in terms of operating income.

Operating income FB variance = actual operating income FB operating income

=26200-38160

=11960 unfavrable

d. Sales volume variance, in terms of contribution margin.

Sales volume variance, in terms of contribution margin = FB contribution margin Master budget contribution margin

=59360-53760

=5600 Favorable

e. Sales volume variance, in terms of operating income.

Sales volume variance, in terms of operating income = FB operating income Master budget operating income

=38160-32560

=5600 Favorable

Budget Actual Unit
Produce Total Per unit Unit
Produce Total Per unit sale 19200 96000 5 21200 86200 4.066038 Less: Variable cost 19200 42240 2.2 21200 33200 1.566038 Contribution 19200 53760 2.8 21200 53000 2.5 Less: Fixed Cost 19200 21200 1.104167 21200 26800 0.791045 Operating income 19200 32560 1.695833 21200 26200 1.235849