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.

Variable costs per unit:
Manufacturing:
Direct materials	$	24
Direct labor	$	18
Variable manufacturing overhead	$	3
Variable selling and administrative	$	5
Fixed costs per year:
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$	585,000
Fixed selling and administrative expense	$	423,000

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.

1. What is the unit product cost under variable costing?

2. What is the unit product cost under absorption costing?

5. What is the companys total gross margin under absorption costing?

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

9. 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?

12. If the company produces 5,000 fewer units than it sells in its second year of operations, will absorption costing net operating income be higher or lower than variable costing net operating income in Year 2? Higher or Lower?

Difference of Variable Costing and Absorption Costing Net Operating Income (Losses) Variable costing net operating income (loss) Deduct: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing Absorption costing net operating income (loss)