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Transcribed Image Text:Problem 8-35 Variable-Costing and Absorption-Costing Income Statements (LO 8-
2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-6)
Great Outdoze Company manufactures sleeping bags, which sell for $66.00 each. The variable costs of
production are as follows:
Direct material
Direct labor
Variable manufacturing overhead
$18.10
10.40
7.10
Budgeted fixed overhead in 20x1 was $145,200 and budgeted production was 22,000 sleeping bags. The
year's actual production was 22,000 units, of which 19,700 were sold. Variable selling and administrative
costs were $1.70 per unit sold; fixed selling and administrative costs were $27,000.
Required:
1. Calculate the product cost per sleeping bag under (a) absorption costing and (b) variable costing.
2-a. Prepare an operating income statement for the year using absorption costing.
2-b. Prepare an operating income statement for the year using variable costing.
3. Reconcile reported operating income under the two methods using the shortcut method.
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