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Variable Costing
Ferguson Company has the following information for July:
| Sales | $630,000 | 
| Variable cost of goods sold | 289,800 | 
| Fixed manufacturing costs | 94,500 | 
| Variable selling and administrative expenses | 69,300 | 
| Fixed selling and administrative expenses | 37,800 | 
Determine the following for Ferguson Company for the month of July:
| a. Manufacturing margin | $ | 
| b. Contribution margin | $ | 
| c. Income from operations | $ | 
| Part (a) | Manufacturing margin | ||||||
| Sales | 630,000 | ||||||
| Less : Cost of goods sold | |||||||
| Variable cost of goods sold | 289,800 | ||||||
| Fixed manufacturing costs | 94,500 | ||||||
| Variable selling and administrative expenses | 69,300 | ||||||
| Fixed selling and administrative expenses | 37,800 | 491,400 | |||||
| Manufacturing margin | 138,600 | ||||||
| Part (b) | Contribution margin | ||||||
| Sales | 630,000 | ||||||
| Less : Variable cost | |||||||
| Variable cost of goods sold | 289,800 | ||||||
| Variable selling and administrative expenses | 69,300 | 359,100 | |||||
| Contribution margin | 270,900 | ||||||
| Part (c) | Income from operations is equal to Manufacturing margin i.e. $138,600 since there is no further data. | ||||||