The beginning inventory is 11,600 units. All of the units that were manufactured during the period and 11,600 units of the beginning inventory were sold. The beginning inventory fixed manufacturing costs are $32 per unit, and variable manufacturing costs are $72 per unit.

a. Determine whether variable costing income from operations is less than or greater than The reporting of the costs of manufactured products, normally direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead, as product costs.absorption costing income from operations. Variable costing income from operations is greater than absorption costing.

Variable costing income from operations is greater than absorption costing.

Variable costing income from operations is less than absorption costing.

b. Determine the difference in variable costing and absorption costing income from operations.

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