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Buddy's Baseball Bat Manufacturing produced 80,000 baseball bats in 2005.

The company sold
60,000 bats at a selling price of $50 a bat. The company had the following costs related to the
production of 80,000 bats.

Direct Materials $800,000
Direct Labor $400,000
Variable Overhead $250,000
Fixed Overhead $200,000

Variable Selling/Admin $250,000
Fixed Selling/Admin $200,000

1) Calculate the unit COGS under both absorption and variable costing.

2) Prepare an Income Statement under both absorption and variable costing.

If you could show me how the calculations are done, so I may learn this. Thank you so much!

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