A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 4,000 Units sold 3,500 Units in ending inventory 500 Variable cost per unit: Direct materials $41 Direct labor $43 Variable mfg overhead Variable selling and admin $5 Fixed costs: Fixed mfg overhead $92,000 Fixed selling and admin $40,000 Assume that the sales price per unit is $180. Would absorption costing net income be higher or lower than variable costing net income, and by how much? Lower by $6,000 Lower by $63,000 Higher by $11,500 Higher by $29,000