Assume the following information for the first year of operations for a company that sells only one product for a price of $48 per uni 19 Variable cost per unit: Direct materials 24 25 Fixed costs per year: points Direct labor Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative expenses $140,000 $200,000 $ 70,000 8 0031:10 The company does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs or variable selling and administrative expenses. During its fir operations, the company produced 20,000 units and sold 18,000 units. The company wishes to compare a variable costing system that assigns $7.00 of direct labor cost to each unit produced with a super- system. Which of the following statements is true when comparing these two cost systems?

Assume the following information for the first year of operations for a company that sells only one product for a price of $48 per uni 19 Variable cost per unit: Direct materials 24 25 Fixed costs per year: points Direct labor Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative expenses $140,000 $200,000 $ 70,000 8 0031:10 The company does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs or variable selling and administrative expenses. During its fir operations, the company produced 20,000 units and sold 18,000 units. The company wishes to compare a variable costing system that assigns $7.00 of direct labor cost to each unit produced with a super- system. Which of the following statements is true when comparing these two cost systems?

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