Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing and Variable Costing At the end of the first year of operations, 5,900 units remained in the finished goods inventory. The unit manufacturing costs during the year were as follows: Direct materials $34.70 Direct labor 20.50 Fixed factory overhead 6.20 Variable factory overhead 5.50 Determine the cost of the finished goods inventory reported on the balance sheet under (a) the absorption costing concept and (b) the variable costing concept. Absorption costings Variable costing $ Feedback Check My Work Recall that the fixed factory overhead cost is included in absorption costing, while only direct materials and labor and variable factory overhead is included in variable costing. Learning Objective 1