A company manufactures and sells a single product X, t

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A company manufactures and sells a single product X, the standard unit cost details of which are as follows:

Direct Materials: 2 Kilos at $5 per kilo

Direct labour: 2 hours at $3 per hour

Variable overhead: 2 hours at $2 per hour

The total fixed overhead is budgeted at $24 000 per month and is absorbed on a rate per unit basis.

The budgeted output per mont is 4 000 units.

The product has a standard selling price of $40 per unit, and the number of units manufactured and sold for June and July were as follows;

  June July
  Units Units
Sales 3 800 4 100
Production 3 900  4 200

Required:

(a) Calculate the standard cost and profit for one unit of X

(b) Prepare the income statements for each June and July using Marginal costing and Absorption costing

(c) Prepare a statement reconciling the marginal with the absoroption profit for each June and July

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