Chance, Inc. sold 5,000 units of its product at a price of $172 per unit. Total variable cost per unit is $131, consisting of $92 in variable production cost and $39 in variable selling and administrative cost. Compute the manufacturing margin for the company under variable costing.

$400,000

Explanation:

Computation for the manufacturing margin for the company under variable costing

Using this formula

Manufacturing margin= Sales - Total variable production cost

Let plug in the formula

Manufacturing margin=( 5,000*$172)- (5,000*$92)

Manufacturing margin=$860,000-$460,000

Manufacturing margin= $400,000

Therefore the manufacturing margin for the company under variable costing is $400,000

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