During Heaton Companys 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 (@ $40 per unit)	720,000	1,120,000
Gross margin	432,000	672,000
Selling and administrative expenses*	308,000	338,000
Net operating income	$ 124,000	$ 334,000

* $3 per unit variable; $254,000 fixed each year.

The companys $40 unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials	$ 9
Direct labor	10
Variable manufacturing overhead	2
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($437,000 23,000 units)	19
Absorption costing unit product cost	$ 40

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

	Year 1	Year 2
Units produced	23,000	23,000
Units sold	18,000	28,000

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.