Question

Game Depot manufactures video games that it sells for $39 each. The company uses a fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate of $6 per game. Assume all costs and production levels are exactly as planned. The following data are from Game Depot's first two months in business during 2018: EEB
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Requirement 1. Compute the product cost per game produced under absorption costing and under variable costing. October 2018 AbsorptionVariable costing costing Total product cost per game

Answer 1

Answer:

Using variable cost per unit method $20.15 per game

Using absorption costing $17 per game

Explanation:

Cost per game is ;

overhead allocation rate is $6

variable cost is $11

Fixed manufacturing overheads 16,200

Fixed selling and administrative cost 8,500

units sales in month of October is 1,700 units

Production units 2,700 units

Total Fixed Overheads 16,200 + 8,500 = 24,700

Overhead rate = 24,700/ 2700 = 9.15

Total cost per unit (Variable + Fixed) = $20.15 / unit