Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $74 per unit in two geographic regionsthe East and West regions. The following information pertains to the companys first year of operations in which it produced 45,000 units and sold 40,000 units.

The company sold 30,000 units in the East region and 10,000 units in the West region. It determined that $190,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $140,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $93,000 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.

A. What is the companys net operating income (loss) under absorption costing?

B. What is the amount of the difference between the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes (losses)?

C. What is the companys break-even point in unit sales?

D. If the sales volumes in the East and West regions had been reversed, what would be the companys overall break-even point in unit sales?

E. What would have been the companys variable costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 40,000 units? What would have been the companys absorption costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 40,000 units?

Variable costs per unit: Manufacturing: 24 18 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative Fixed costs per year: Fixed manufacturing overhead Pixed sel1ing and administrative expense $585,000 423,000