Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $71 per unit in two geographic regions—the East and West regions. The following information pertains to the company’s first year of operations in which it produced 54,000 units and sold 49,000 units. Variable costs per unit: Manufacturing: Direct materials $ 22 Direct labor $ 12 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 3 Variable selling and administrative $ 5 Fixed costs per year: Fixed manufacturing overhead $ 864,000 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 586,000 The company sold 36,000 units in the East region and 13,000 units in the West region. It determined that $280,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expenses is traceable to the West region, $230,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $76,000 is a common fixed cost. 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. 5. What is the company’s total gross margin under absorption costing?
6 What is the company’s break-even point in unit sales?
7. What would have been the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 49,000 units? What would have been the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 49,000 units? Prepare a contribution format segmented income statement that includes a Total column and columns for the East and West regions.

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