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A company produces and sells a single product, the standard unit cost details of which are as follows:
Direct material: 2 kilos at N$4.5 per kilo
Direct labour: 3 hours at N$5 per hour
Variable
The total overhead is budgeted at N$90 000 per month and is absorbed on a rate per unit basis.
The budgeted output per month is 15 000 units
The product has a standard selling price of N$50 per unit
The following activity took place during January and February
January | February | |
sales | 14 000 units | 16 000 units |
production | 16 000 units | 14 500 units |
There is an opening stock on 1 January of 3000 units
Required:
(a) Calculate the
(b) Prepare profit statements for each month using
(i) Marginal costing
(ii) Absorption costing
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