During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Sales (@ $62 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $37 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income Year 1 $ 1,054, 000 629,000 425,000 298,000 $ \127,000 Year 2 $ 1,674,000 999,000 675,000 328,000 $ 347,000 * $3 per unit variable; $247,000 fixed each year. The company's $37 unit product cost is computed as follows: ta Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($396,000 + 22,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost $ 37 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: Units produced Units sold Year 1 22,000 17,000 Year 2 22,000 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