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jay6216
Sep 20, 2010, 06:18 PM
Consider the following information pertaining to a year’s operations of Youngstown Manufacturing:
Units sold 1,400
Units produced 1,600
Direct labor $4,200
Direct materials used 3,500
Fixed manufacturing overhead 2,200
Variable manufacturing overhead 300
Selling and administrative expenses (all fixed) 700
Beginning inventories 0
Contribution margin 5,600
Direct-material inventory, end 800
There are no work-in-process inventories.
1. What is the ending finished-goods inventory cost under absorption costing?
2. What is the ending finished-goods inventory cost under variable costing?

rehmanvohra
Sep 21, 2010, 08:46 PM
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morgaine300
Sep 22, 2010, 03:35 AM
That's the second time now. How are you deciding these are the same people posting under different names? You got a back door to this site that no one knows about? Or you think only one person in the world actually does that particular problem?

morgaine300
Sep 22, 2010, 03:36 AM
Jay, you need to read our guidelines on posting homework problems:
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karimdouban2003
Jan 11, 2011, 11:11 AM
1-answer number one 51
2-answer number two 40