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Lyon Furnaces prepares the income statement under variable costing for its managerial repo...

Lyon Furnaces prepares the income statement under variable costing for its managerial reports, and it prepares the income statement under absorption costing for external reporting. For its first month of operations, 375 furnaces were produced and 225 were sold; this left 150 furnaces in ending inventory. The income statement information under variable costing follows.

Sales (225 × $1,600)

$360,000

Variable production cost (225 × $625)  

140,625

Variable selling and administrative expenses (225 × $65)  

14,625

Contribution margin  

204,750

Fixed overhead cost  

56,250

Fixed selling and administrative expense  

75,000

Net income  

$ 73,500

1.Prepare this company’s income statement for its first month of operations under absorption costing.

2.Explain the difference in income between the variable costing and absorption costing income statement.

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