Variable manufacturing costs are $175 per unit and fixed manufacturing costs are $96,000. sales are estimated to be 8,000 units. how much would absorption costing income from operations differ between a plan to produce 8,000 units and a plan to produce 9,600 units?

Fortress international, a large conglomerate, procures a few component parts from external suppliers and also manufactures some of the key raw materials in its own subsidiaries. aside from this, the company does not solely depend on outside distributors to reach its customers. in fact, it has its own retail stores to distribute its products. in this scenario, which of the following alternatives to vertical integration is fortress international applying? a. concentric integration b. taper integration c. horizontal integration d. conglomerate integration