Campbell Manufacturing pays its production managers a bonus based on the companys profitability. During the two most recent years, the company maintained the same cost structure to manufacture its products.

Year	Units Produced			Units Sold
Production and Sales
2018		4,000			4,000
2019		6,000			4,000
Cost Data
Direct materials				$	14.6	per unit
Direct labor				$	23.4	per unit
Manufacturing overheadvariable				$	10.7	per unit
Manufacturing overheadfixed				$	102,000
Variable selling and administrative expenses				$	8.6	per unit sold
Fixed selling and administrative expenses				$	58,000

(Assume that selling and administrative expenses are associated with goods sold.)

Levine sells its products for $109.3 per unit.

Required

1. Prepare income statements based on absorption costing for 2018 and 2019.

2. Since Levine sold the same number of units in 2018 and 2019, why did net income increase in 2019?