Question

Waterway Industries can produce and sell only one of the following two products: Oven Contribution Hours Required Margin Per Unit Muffins 0.2 $4 Coffee Cakes 0.3 $5 The company has oven capacity of 1500 hours. How much will contribution margin be if it produces only the most profitable product

Answer 1

Answer:

$30,000

Explanation:

                                             Muffins      Coffee Cakes

Contribution Per Unit (A)        $4                   $5

Oven Hours Required (B)      0.2                   0.3

Contribution Per Hour         $20                $16.67

Rank                                          1                        2

Total Hours Available                                                       1,500

Hours Required for 1 Unit of Muffin                                  0.2  

Total Muffins Production with 1500 Hours (1,500/.2)     7,500

Contribution Per Unit                                                         $4    

Total Contribution (7,500*$4)                                      $30,000