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ISBN: 9781337912020

Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Publisher: South-Western College Pub

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Chapter 7, Problem 4CMA

Bethany Company has just completed the first month of producing a new product but has not yet shipped any of this product. The product incurred variable manufacturing costs of $5,000,000, fixed manufacturing costs of $2,000,000, variable marketing costs of $1,000,000, and fixed marketing costs of $3,000,000. Under the variable costing concept, the inventory value of the new product would be:

a. $5,000,000.
b. $6,000,000.
c. $8,000,000.
d. $11,000,000.

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Solution Summary: The author explains that the inventory value of the new product under variable costing would be equal to the variable manufacturing cost of 500,000.

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