Young Corporation   Young Corporation produces a single product. The following cost structure applied to its first year of operations: Variable costs:   SG&A $2 per unit Production $4 per unit Fixed costs (total cost incurred for the year):   SG&A $14,000 Production $20,000 Refer to Young Corporation. Assume for this question only that during the current year Young Corporation manufactured 5,000 units and sold 3,800. There was no beginning or ending work-in-process inventory. How much larger or smaller would Young Corporation's income be if it uses absorption rather than variable costing? Select one: a. The absorption costing income would be $6,000 smaller. b. The absorption costing income would be $4,000 smaller. c. The absorption costing income would be $6,000 larger. d. The absorption costing income would be $4,800 larger.

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Young Corporation produces a single product. The following cost structure applied to its first year of operations:


Variable costs:  
SG&A $2 per unit
Production $4 per unit
Fixed costs (total cost incurred for the year):  
SG&A $14,000
Production $20,000

Refer to Young Corporation. Assume for this question only that during the current year Young Corporation manufactured 5,000 units and sold 3,800. There was no beginning or ending work-in-process inventory. How much larger or smaller would Young Corporation's income be if it uses absorption rather than variable costing?
Select one:
a. The absorption costing income would be $6,000 smaller.
b. The absorption costing income would be $4,000 smaller.
c. The absorption costing income would be $6,000 larger.
d. The absorption costing income would be $4,800 larger.
 
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