Pastorini Company produced 30,000 units during its first year of operations and sold 27,000 at $20 per unit. The company chose practical activity—at 30,000 units—to compute its pre¬

determined overhead rate. Manufacturing costs are as follows:

Required:
1. Calculate the unit cost and the cost of finished goods inventory under absorption costing.
2. Calculate the unit cost and the cost of finished goods inventory under variable costing.
3. What is the dollar amount that would be used to report the cost of finished goods in¬
ventory to external parties. Why?

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Direct materials Direct labor Expected and actual variable overhead Expected and actual fixed overhead $210,000 60,000 105,000 120,000