Homework Saved Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, Insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter. At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product-a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow: 31,000 28,000 Units produced Units sold Variable costs per unit: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative $ 7.10 $ 6.50 $ 2.00 $ 6.90 Required: 1. Complete the following: a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing. b. What is the company's absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter? c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures. 3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,000 units but sold 34,000 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.) a. What is the company's variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter? b. What is the company's absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter? c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating Incomes for the second quarter. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg 14 Reg 1B Req 1C Req Req 3B Reg 3C Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures. (Losses and deductions should be entered as a negative.) Reconciliation of Variable Costing and Absorption Costing Net Operating Incomes Variable costing net operating income (loss) Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing Absorption costing net operating income (loss) $ 24,000 $ 12,000