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

	Year 1			Year 2
Sales (@ $61 per unit)	$	1,220,000		$	1,830,000
Cost of goods sold (@ $33 per unit)		660,000			990,000
Gross margin		560,000			840,000
Selling and administrative expenses*		314,000			344,000
Net operating income	$	246,000		$	496,000

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

The companys $33 unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials	$	7
Direct labor		9
Variable manufacturing overhead		4
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($325,000 25,000 units)		13
Absorption costing unit product cost	$	33

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

	Year 1	Year 2
Units produced	25,000	25,000
Units sold	20,000	30,000

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.