Concept explainers
(a)
Variable Costing
Managers frequently use variable costing for internal purposes for taking decision making. The cost of goods manufactured includes direct materials, direct labor, and variable factory overhead. Fixed factory overhead treated as period (fixed) expense.
Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is the excess of manufacturing margin above selling and administrative expenses. Contribution margin is calculated by deducting variable cost from sales or deducting variable selling and administrative expenses from manufacturing margin.
To Prepare: The contribution margin and contribution margin ratio for each product.
(b)
To State: The advice regarding to the relative profitability of two products.
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