nces Tami Tyler opened Tami's Creations, Incorporated, a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler's personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University. Sales (28,100 units) Variable expensea Tani's Creations, Incorporated Income Statement For the Quarter Ended March 31 Variable cost of goods sold Variable selling and administrative Contribution margin Fixed expenses Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative Net operating loss $1,124,000 $460,840 188,270 649,110 474,890 248,800 238,090 486,890 $ (12,000) 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: Units produced Units sold Variable costs per uniti Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative Required: 1. Complete the following: 31,100 28,100 $7.50 $7.20 $ 1.70 $6.70 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 31,100 units but sold 34,100 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.