Exercise 6-12 Variable Costing Income Statement; Reconciliation [LO6-2, LO6-3] Whitman Company has just completed its first year of operations. The statement for the year follows: company's absorption costing income Whitman Company Income Statement Sales (39,000 units $43.10 per unit) Cost of goods sold (39,000 units x $23 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses Net operating income $1,680,900 897,000 783,900 448,500 $ 335,400 The company's selling and administrative expenses consist of $292,500 per year in fixed expenses and $4 per unit sold in variable expenses. The $23 unit product cost given above is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($255,000 51,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost s 12 $ 23 Required: 1. Redo the company's income statement in the contribution format using variable costing. 2. Reconcile any difference between the net operating income on your variable costing income statement and the net operating income on the absorption costing income statement above