In: Accounting
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 The Dean Corporation produces and sells a single product. The following data refer to the year just completed:  | 
| Beginning inventory | 0 | |
| Units produced | 29,700 | |
| Units sold | 22,700 | |
| Selling price per unit | $ | 469 | 
| Selling and administrative expenses: | ||
| Variable per unit | $ | 20 | 
| Fixed (total) | $ | 522,100 | 
| Manufacturing costs: | ||
| Direct materials cost per unit | $ | 206 | 
| Direct labor cost per unit | $ | 53 | 
| Variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit | $ | 37 | 
| Fixed manufacturing overhead (total) | $ | 415,800 | 
| Assume that direct labor is a
variable cost. | 
| Required: | 
| a. | 
 Compute the cost of a single unit of product under both the absorption costing and variable costing approaches.  | 
| b. | 
 Prepare an income statement for the year using absorption costing.  | 
| c. | 
 Prepare a contribution format income statement for the year using variable costing.  | 
| d. | 
 Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing net operating income figures in (b) and (c) above.  |