The next year's budget for Trend, Inc., a multi-product company, is given below: Product A Product B Sales $ 1,908,000 $1,395,000 Variable costs 847,710 536,670 Fixed costs 518,000 518,000 Net income 542,290 340,330 Units 277,200 118,800 At the end of the year, the total fixed costs and the variable costs per unit were exactly as budgeted, but the following units per product line were sold. Trend, Inc. analyzes the effects its sales variances have on the profitability of the company. Product Lines Units Sales A 265,650 $ 119,350 B 131,770 $ 1,515,010 Is the total sales mix variance favorable or unfavorable? Favorable. Unfavorable.
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![The next year's budget for Trend, Inc., a multi-product company, is given below:
Product A
Product B
Sales
$ 1,908,000 $ 1,395,000
Variable costs 847,710
536,670
Fixed costs
518,000
518,000
Net income
542,290
340,330
Units
277,200
118,800
At the end of the year, the total fixed costs and the variable costs per unit were exactly
as budgeted, but the following units per product line were sold. Trend, Inc. analyzes the
effects its sales variances have on the profitability of the company.
Product Lines Units
Sales
A
265,650 $ 119,350
В
131,770 $ 1,515,010
Is the total sales mix variance favorable or unfavorable?
Favorable.
Unfavorable.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F95448c34-971f-4fe2-b1af-76b75dd0c53e%2F9a61e020-df50-4837-af46-9e75fd2ae58a%2Ffjuo40v_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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