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

	Year 1			Year 2
Sales (@ $60 per unit)	$	1,140,000		$	1,740,000
Cost of goods sold (@ $37 per unit)		703,000			1,073,000
Gross margin		437,000			667,000
Selling and administrative expenses*		306,000			336,000
Net operating income	$	131,000		$	331,000

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

The companys $37 unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials	$	8
Direct labor		8
Variable manufacturing overhead		3
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($432,000 24,000 units)		18
Absorption costing unit product cost	$	37

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

	Year 1	Year 2
Units produced	24,000	24,000
Units sold	19,000	29,000

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.