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) $ 1,071,000 $ 1,701,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $37 per unit) 629,000 999,000 Gross margin 442,000 702,000 Selling and administrative expenses* 297,000 327,000 Net operating income $ \145,000\ $ 375,000 * $3 per unit variable; $246,000 fixed each year. The companys $37 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials $ 9 Direct labor 11 Variable manufacturing overhead 1 Fixed manufacturing overhead ($352,000 22,000 units) 16 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 operations are: Year 1 Year 2 Units produced 22,000 22,000 Units sold 17,000 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.