As the new accountant for Cohen & Company, you have been asked to provide a succinct...

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As the new accountant for Cohen & Company, you have been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial performance for the year just ended. You obtain the following information that pertains to the company's sole product: Master Budget Units sold Sales Actual 45,000 Variable costs Fixed costs $ 390,000 214,000 150,000 50,000 $ 450,000 Required: 270,000 136,000 1. What was the actual operating income for the period? 2. What was the company's master budget operating income for the period? 3. (a) What was the total master budget variance, in terms of operating income, for the period? (b) Is this variance favorable or unfavorable? (If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.) 4. The total master budget variance for a period can be decomposed into a total flexible budget variance and a sales volume variance. (a) What was the total flexible-budget variance for the period? (b) Was this variance favorable or unfavorable? (c) What was the sales volume variance for the period? (d) Was this variance favorable or unfavorable? (If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.) 1. Actual operating income 2. Master budget operating income 3. Total master budget variance 4. Total flexible-budget variance Sales volume variance As the new accountant for Cohen & Company, you have been asked to provide a succinct analysis of financial performance for the year just ended. You obtain the following information that pertains to the company's sole product: Master Budget Units sold Sales Actual 45,000 Variable costs Fixed costs $ 390,000 214,000 150,000 50,000 $ 450,000 Required: 270,000 136,000 1. What was the actual operating income for the period? 2. What was the company's master budget operating income for the period? 3. (a) What was the total master budget variance, in terms of operating income, for the period? (b) Is this variance favorable or unfavorable? (If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.) 4. The total master budget variance for a period can be decomposed into a total flexible budget variance and a sales volume variance. (a) What was the total flexible-budget variance for the period? (b) Was this variance favorable or unfavorable? (c) What was the sales volume variance for the period? (d) Was this variance favorable or unfavorable? (If a variance has no amount, select "None" in the corresponding dropdown cell.) 1. Actual operating income 2. Master budget operating income 3. Total master budget variance 4. Total flexible-budget variance Sales volume variance