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)	$	1,280,000		$	1,920,000
Cost of goods sold (@ $34 per unit)		680,000			1,020,000
Gross margin		600,000			900,000
Selling and administrative expenses*		312,000			342,000
Net operating income	$	288,000		$	558,000

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

The companys $34 unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials	$	8
Direct labor		8
Variable manufacturing overhead		3
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($375,000 25,000 units)		15
Absorption costing unit product cost	$	34

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.