Maria's Foods produces frozen meals that it sells for $15 each. The company computes a new monthly fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate based on the planned number of meals to be produced that month. Assume all costs and production levels are exactly as planned. The following data are from Maria's Foods's first month in business: (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Compute the product cost per meal produced under absorption costing and under variable costing. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) Absorption Variable costing costing Data Table Total product cost per meal Requirement 2a. Prepare Maria's Foods's January income statement using absorption costing. Maria's Foods January 2018 Units produced and sold: Income Statement (Absorption Costing) Month Ended January 31, 2018 Sales 800 meals Production 1,100 meals $ 6 3 Variable manufacturing cost per meal Sales commission cost per meal Total fixed manufacturing overhead Total fixed selling and administrative costs 385 650 Operating Income Requirement 2b. Prepare Maria's Foods's January income statement using variable costing. Maria's Foods Income Statement (Variable Costing) Month Ended January 31, 2018 Operating Income Requirement 3. Is operating income higher under absorption costing or variable costing in January? In January, absorption costing operating income variable costing operating income