During Heaton Company$$s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows:

Year $1$ Year $2$

Sales $($@ $$64$ per unit$)$ $ $1,152,000$ $ $1,792,000$

Cost of goods sold $($@ $$39$ per unit$)702,0001,092,000$

Gross margin $450,000700,000$

Selling and administrative expenses$*306,000336,000$

Net operating income $ $144,000$ $ $364,000$

$*$ $$3$ per unit variable; $$252,000$ fixed each year.

The company$$s $$39$ unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials $ $7$

Direct labor $11$

Variable manufacturing overhead $5$

Fixed manufacturing overhead $($$$368,000-$: $23,000$ units$)16$

Absorption costing unit product cost $ $39$

Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:

Year $1$ Year $2$

Units produced $23,00023,000$

Units sold $18,00028,000$

Required:

$1.$ Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years?

$2.$ What is the variable costing net operating income in Year $1$ and in Year $2?$

$3.$ Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.