Denton Company manufactures and sells a single product. Cost data for the product are given below:

Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials		$4
Direct labor		12
Variable manufacturing overhead		4
Variable selling and administrative		1
Total variable costs per unit		$21
Fixed costs per month:
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$	108,000
Fixed selling and administrative		175,000
Total fixed cost per month	$	283,000

The product sells for $54 per unit. Production and sales data for July and August, the first two months of operations, are as follows:

	Units Produced	Units Sold
July	27,000	23,000
August	27,000	31,000

The companys Accounting Department has prepared absorption costing income statements for July and August as presented below:

	July		August
Sales	$	1,242,000	$	1,674,000
Cost of goods sold		552,000		744,000
Gross margin		690,000		930,000
Selling and administrative expenses		198,000		206,000
Net operating income	$	492,000	$	724,000
1. Determine the unit product cost under absorption costing and variable costing 2. Prepare contribution format variable costing income statements for July and August. 3. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating income.