Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $73 per unit in two geographic regionsthe East and West regions. The following information pertains to the company's first year of operations in which it produced 56,000 units and sold 51,000 units. Variable costs per unit: Manufacturing: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative Fixed costs per year: Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative expense WNO $ 784,000 $ 672,000 The company sold 38,000 units in the East region and 13,000 units in the West region. It determined that $300,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $250,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $122,000 is a common fixed expense. The company will continue to incur the total amount of its fixed manufacturing overhead costs as long as it continues to produce any amount of its only product. 7. What is the amount of the difference between the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes (losses)? Difference of Variable Costing and Absorption Costing Net Operating Income (Losses) Variable costing net operating income (loss) $ 28,000 42,000 Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost released from inventory under absorption costing Less: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing Less: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost released from inventory under absorption costing