The level of inventory of a manufactured product has increased by 8,286 units during a period. The following data are also available:

	Variable	Fixed
Unit manufacturing costs of the period	$11	$3
Unit operating expenses of the period	$4	$4

What would be the effect on income from operations if absorption costing is used rather than variable costing?

a.$58,002 increase

b.$58,002 decrease

c.$24,858 decrease

d.$24,858 increase