Given Advanced Company's data,and the knowledge that the product is sold for $50 per unit and operating expenses are $200,000,compute the net income under absorption costing.
A)$55,000
B)$67,500
C)$80,500
D)$122,500
E)$205,000

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Net income under absorption costing = (Total sales - Cost of goods sold) - Operating expenses
Total sales = 10,000 units x $50 per unit = $500,000
Cost of goods sold = (Beginning inventory + Purchases) - Ending inventory + Manufacturing costs
= (3,000 units x $30 per unit + 20,000 units x $32 per unit) - 2,000 units x $32 per unit + $180,000
= $1,180,000
Therefore, net income = ($500,000 - $1,180,000) - $200,000 = -$880,000 + $200,000
= -$680,000
However, this is not a possible answer as net income cannot be negative. This is due to overproduction or overestimation of costs. We need to adjust for the overabsorption of fixed manufacturing costs by adding the difference between actual fixed manufacturing overhead and applied fixed manufacturing overhead. 
Actual fixed manufacturing overhead = $220,000
Applied fixed manufacturing overhead = 30,000 units x $4 per unit = $120,000
Overabsorbed fixed manufacturing overhead = $100,000
Adjusted net income = -$680,000 + $100,000 = -$580,000
Finally, since net income cannot be negative, we need to take the absolute value of the adjusted net income to get the net income under absorption costing:
Net income under absorption costing = $580,000 
Therefore, the best choice is D.

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