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

	Year 1	Year 2
Sales (@ $63 per unit)	$ 1,008,000	$ 1,638,000
Cost of goods sold (@ $33 per unit)	528,000	858,000
Gross margin	480,000	780,000
Selling and administrative expenses*	297,000	327,000
Net operating income	$ 183,000	$ 453,000

* $3 per unit variable; $249,000 fixed each year.

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

Direct materials	$ 5
Direct labor	9
Variable manufacturing overhead	5
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($294,000 21,000 units)	14
Absorption costing unit product cost	$ 33

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

	Year 1	Year 2
Units produced	21,000	21,000
Units sold	16,000	26,000

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.