During Heaton Companys first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Year 1 Year 2 Sales (@ $62 per unit) $ 1,054,000 $ 1,674,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $36 per unit) 612,000 972,000 Gross margin 442,000 702,000 Selling and administrative expenses* 303,000 333,000 Net operating income $ \139,000\ $ 369,000 * $3 per unit variable; $252,000 fixed each year. The companys $36 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials $ 6 Direct labor 11 Variable manufacturing overhead 4 Fixed manufacturing overhead ($330,000 22,000 units) 15 Absorption costing unit product cost $ 36 Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wages and salaries; the remainder consists of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings. Production and cost data for the first two years of operatons are: Year 1 Year 2 Units produced 22,000 22,000 Units sold 17,000 27,000 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.