Problem T3-9 Sheffield Industries makes artificial Christmas trees. The unit costs for producing a tree are: Direct materials $23 Direct labor $17 Variable overhead $17 Fixed overhead $5 The company also incurs $1 per tree in variable selling and administrative costs and $3,700 in fixed marketing costs. At the beginning of the year the company had 830 trees in the beginning Finished Goods Inventory. The company produced 2,030 trees during the year. Sales totaled 1,700 trees at a price of $104 per tree. (a) Based on absorption costing, what was the company's operating income for the year? Company's operating income (b) Based on variable costing, what was the company's operating income for the year? Company's operating income (c) Assume that in the following year the company produced 2,030 trees and sold 2,460. Based on absorption costing, what was the operating income for that year? Based on variable costing, what was the operating income for that year? Variable Costing Absorption Costing Operating income