Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $78 per unit in two geographic regionsEast and West. The following information pertains to the companys first year of operations in which it produced 60,000 units and sold 57,000 units.

Variable costs per unit:

Manufacturing:

Direct materials $ 28

Direct labor $ 12

Variable manufacturing overhead $ 2

Variable selling and administrative $ 3

Fixed costs per year:

Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 1,260,000

Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 654,000

The company sold 42,000 units in the East region and 15,000 units in the West region. It determined that $340,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $290,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $24,000 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.

- What is the unit product cost under variable costing? - What is the unit product cost under absorption costing?

- What is the companys total gross margin under absorption costing?

-What is the difference between the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes (losses)?

- What would have been the companys variable costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 57,000 units?

- What would have been the companys absorption costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 57,000 units?

- Prepare a contribution format segmented income statement that includes a Total column and columns for the East and West regions.