EXERCISE 7-9 (20 MINUTES)

2. The absorption costing income statement appears below:

Sales (19,000 units × $210 per unit) ... $3,990,000

Cost of goods sold:

Beginning inventory... $ 0

Add cost of goods manufactured

(20,000 units × $185 per unit)... 3,700,000

Goods available for sale ... 3,700,000

Less ending inventory

(1,000 units × $185 per unit) ... 185,000 3,515,000

Gross margin ... 475,000

Less selling and administrative expenses:

Variable selling and administrative expenses

(19,000 units × $10 per unit) ... 190,000

Fixed selling and administrative expenses... 285,000 475,000

Net operating income ... $ 0

Note: The company apparently has exactly zero net operating income

even though its sales are below the break-even point computed in Exer-

cise 7-8. This occurs because $35,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead

has been deferred in inventory and does not appear on the income

statement prepared using absorption costing.

Problem 7-10 (45 minutes)