Game Spot manufactures video games that it sells for $40 each. The company uses a fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate of $5 per game. Assume all costs and production levels are exactly as planned. The following data are from Game Spot's first two months in business during 2018: (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Compute the product cost per game produced under absorption costing and under variable costing. October 2018 November 2018 Variable Variable Absorption costing $ 22 $ Absorption costing $ 22 $ costing 17 costing Total product cost per game 17 Total Game Spot Absorption Costing Income Statement October 2018 November 2018 Net Sales Revenue Cost of Goods Sold 30,800 57,200 Gross Profit Selling and Administrative Costs 88,000 Operating Income October Sales November 2,600 units 2,200 units 17 1,400 units 2,200 units 17 3 $ $ Production Variable manufacturing cost per game Sales commission cost per game Total fixed manufacturing overhead Total fixed selling and administrative costs $ 3 11,000 11,000 10,000 10,000 1. Compute the product cost per game produced under absorption costing and under variable costing. 2. Prepare monthly income statements for October and November, including columns for each month and a total column, using these costing methods: a. absorption costing. b. variable costing. 3. Is operating income higher under absorption costing or variable costing in October? In November? Explain the pattern of differences in operating income based on absorption costing versus variable costing. 4. Determine the balance in Finished Goods Inventory on October 31 and November 30 under absorption costing and variable costing. Compare the differences in inventory balances and the differences in operating income. Explain the differences in inventory balances based on absorption costing versus variable costing