Blue Mountain Products manufactures and sells a variety of camping products. Recently the company opened a new

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Blue Mountain Products manufactures and sells a variety of camping products. Recently the company opened a new plant to manufacture a lightweight, self-standing tent. Cost and sales data for the first month of operations are shown below.

Manufacturing costs:

Fixed overhead ..............................$200,000

Variable overhead ........................$4 per tent

Direct labor ................................$16 per tent

Direct materials ..........................$40 per tent

Beginning inventory ...........................0 tents

Tents produced ..................................10,000

Tents sold ............................................9,000

Selling and administrative costs:

Fixed .............................................$400,000

Variable ...............................$6 per tent sold

The tent sells for $150. Management is interested in the opening month’s results and has asked for an income statement.


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Assuming the company uses absorption costing, do the following.

(i) Calculate the manufacturing cost per unit.

(ii) Prepare an absorption costing income statement for the month of June 2005.

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