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Lehighton Chalk Company manufactures sidewalk chalk, which it sells online by the box at $22 per unit. Lehighton uses an actual costing system, which means that the actual costs of direct material, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead are entered into work-in-process inventory. The actual application rate for manufacturing overhead is computed each year; actual manufacturing overhead is divided by actual production (in units) to compute the application rate. Information for Lehighton's first two years of operation is as follows:

	Years 1	Year 2
Sales (in units)	2,400	2,400
Production (in units)	3,000	1,800
Production Costs:
Variable manufacturing costs	11,100	6,660
Fixed manufacturing overhead	14,100	14,100
Selling and administrative costs:
Variable	9,600	9,600
Fixed	8,600	8,600

Selected information from Lehighton's year-end balance sheets for its first two years of operation is as follows:

Based on absorption costing	End of Year 1	End of Year 2
Finished-Goods Inventory	5,040	0
Retained earnings	8,940	15,040
Based on variable costing	End of Year 1	End of Year 2
Finished-goods inventory	2,220	0
Retained Earnings	6,120	15,040

1. Reconcile Lehighton's operating income reported under absorption and variable, during each year, by comparing the following two amounts on each income statement:

- Costs of goods sold

- Fixed cost (expensed as a period expense)

2. What was Lehighton's total operating income across both years under absorption costing and under variable costing?

3. What was the total sales revenue across both years under absorption costing and under variable costing?

4. What was the total of all costs expensed on the operating income statements across both years under absorption costing and under variable costing?

5. Subtract the total costs expensed across both years [requirement (4)] from the total sales revenue across both years [requirement (3)]: (a) under absorption costing and (b) under variable costing.