During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Sales (@ $60 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $43 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income Year 1 $ 1,080,000 774,000 306,000 299,000 $ 7,000 Year 2 $1,680,000 1,204,000 476,000 329,000 $ 147,000 * $3 per unit variable; $245,000 fixed each year. The company's $43 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($414,000 + 23,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost 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: Units produced Units sold Year 1 23,000 18,000 Year 2 23,000 28,000 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