Question: Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $75 per unit in two geographic regionsEast and West. The following information pertains to the company's

Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $75 per unit in two geographic regionsEast and West. The following information pertains to the company's first year of operations in which it produced 46,000 units and sold 42,000 units.

Variable costs per unit:
Manufacturing:
Direct Materials $25
Direct Labor $20
Variable manufacturing overhead $2
Variable selling and administrative $4
Fixed costs per year:
Fixed manufacturing overhead $644000
Fixed selling and administrative expense $388000

The company sold 31,000 units in the East region and 11,000 units in the West region. It determined that $200,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $150,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $38,000 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 difference between the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes (losses)?

variable costing net operating income (loss) $ (24,000)
Add: Fixed Manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing ????
Absorption costing net operating income (loss) ????

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