Income statements under absorption costing and variable costing OBJ. 1 Bionic Cotton Inc. manufactures and sells high-quality sporting goods equipment under its highly recognizable Cool Cat logo. The company began operations on January 1, 2016, and operated at 100% of capacity (90,000 units) during the first month, creating an ending inventory of 8,000 units. During February, the company produced 82,000 garments during the month but sold 90,000 units at $100 per unit. The February manufacturing costs and selling and administrative expenses were as follows:

Number of Units Unit Cost Total Cost Manufacturing costs in February beginning inventory:
Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000 $50 $ 400,000 Fixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000 10 80,000 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60 $ 480,000 February manufacturing costs:
Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,000 $50 $4,100,000 Fixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,000 12 984,000 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62 $5,084,000 Selling and administrative expenses:
Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,350,000 Fixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,000 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,674,000

a. Prepare an income statement according to the absorption costing concept for February.

b. Prepare an income statement according to the variable costing concept for February.

c. What is the reason for the difference in the amount of income from operations reported in

(a) and (b)?