During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Year 1 Sales (@ $62 per unit) $ 1,054,000 Year 2 $ 1,674,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $31 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income * $3 per unit variable; $246,000 fixed each year. The company's $31 unit product cost is computed as follows: 527,000 527,000 297,000 837,000 837,000 327,000 $ 230,000 $ 510,000 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($242,000 22,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are: $ 6 11 3 11 $ 31 Units produced Units sold Required: Year 1 22,000 17,000 Year 2 22,000 27,000 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.