Question 2 Variable and Absorption Costing & Performance Analysis (TOTAL: 20 marks) Part A Softwood Limited, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its operations for September. Selling prices Units in beginning inventory 500 Units produced 1.900 Units sold 2.100 Unitsin ending inventory Variable costs per unit Direct materials Direct labour $10 Variable manufacturing overhead 57 Variable selling and administrative $10 Fixed costs Foed manufacturing overhead $38.000 Fixed selling and administrative 521.000 The company produces the same number of units every month, although the sales in units vary from month to month. The company's variable costs per unit and total fixed costs have been constant from month to month. Required (show your calculations): 1. Compute the cost of a single unit of product under both the absorption costing and variable costing approaches. (5 Marks) Type in answers here (expand the space as needed ii. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing (7 Marks) Part B For the past 5 years, Shirin Nadia has been working as a Management Accountant at Meridian Energy - a leading power company based in New Zealand. However, she has recently seen a job advertisement for a Senior Management Accountant at Auckland Museum. Shirin applied for the position and subsequently progressed towards the final interview stage. While she was going through the final interview process, an interview panel member asked her how the performance report of Auckland Museum would be different from Meridian Energy (i.e., her current employer). Imagine yourself as Shirin and write down your response to the panel member's question. [Maximum word limit: 240 words] (8 marks)