Question

A business operated at 100% of capacity during its first month and incurred the following costs: Production costs (20,000 units): Direct materials $180,000 Direct labor 240,000 Variable factory overhead 280,000 Operating expenses: Variable operating expenses $130,000 Fixed operating expenses 50,000 180,000 If 1,600 units remain unsold at the end of the month, the amount of inventory that would be reported on the variable costing balance sheet is a.$66,400 b.$64,000 c.$78,400 d.$56,000

Answer 1

Answer:

d.$56,000

Explanation:

The computation of the amount of inventory that would be reported on the variable costing balance sheet is shown below:

But before that following calculations need to be done

The total production cost

= Direct material + direct labor + variable factory overhead

= $180,000 + $240,000 + $280,000

= $700,000

Now the production cost per unit is

= $700,000 ÷ 20,000 units

= $35 per unit

Now the amount of inventory is

= 1,600 units × $35 per unit

= $56,000