A company manufactures a single product.  Unit costs are:                       $/Unit  Variable production cost              14.75  Fixed production                      8.30  Variable selling                       2.60  Fixed selling                          5.45    400,000 units of the product were manufactured in a period, during which 394,000 units were sold. There was no inventory of the product at the beginning of the period. Required: 1) Use Marginal costing to calculate the total value of the finished goods inventory at the end of the period.

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A company manufactures a single product. 

Unit costs are:                       $/Unit 

Variable production cost              14.75 

Fixed production                      8.30 

Variable selling                       2.60 

Fixed selling                          5.45 

 

400,000 units of the product were manufactured in a period, during which 394,000 units were sold. There was no inventory of the product at the beginning of the period.

Required:

1) Use Marginal costing to calculate the total value of the finished goods inventory at the end of the period.

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