The level of inventory of a manufactured product has increased by 7,000 units during a period. The following data are also available:

	Variable	Fixed
Unit manufacturing costs of the period	$12.00	$6.00
Unit operating expenses of the period	4.00	1.50

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

		$42,000 decrease
		$42,000 increase
		$52,500 increase
		$52,500 decrease