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Exercise 19-18 Langdon Company produced 9,600 units during the past year, but on

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Question

Exercise 19-18 Langdon Company produced 9,600 units during the past year, but only 8,000 of the units were sold. The following additional information is also available Direct materials used Direct labor incurred Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative expenses Variable selling and administrative expenses $100,800 $28,000 $20,000 $38,400 $69,500 $8,000 There was no work in process inventory at the beginning and end of the year, nor did Langdon have any beginning finished goods inventory What would be Langdon Company's finished goods inventory cost on December 31 under variable costing? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places e.g. 10.25 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,510.) Finished goods inventory cost Which costing method, absorption or variable costing, would show a higher net income for the year? By what amount? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places e.g. 10.25 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,510.) method would show a higher net income by $

Explanation / Answer

Per unit Direct materials cost 10.5 =100800/9600 Direct labor 2.92 =28000/9600 Variable manufacturing overhead 2.08 =20000/9600 Total 1 Finished goods inventory cost=1600*(10.5+2.92+2.08)= $24800 2 Absorption costing would provide a higher net income by $6400(38400/9600*1600)