2. Readville Company inadvertently assigns a $50,000 advertising expense to Manufacturing Ove Readville Company has more inventory at the end of the year than at the beginning of the year. A that Readville Company close any variance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of G Sold, the result of this error will be to: 2. Understate inventory and operating income for the year b. Have no effect on inventory and operating income for the year Overstate inventory and operating income for the year d. Overstate inventory but have no effect on operating income for the year