Question

Swifty Company manufactures and sells three products. Relevant per unit data concerning each product are given below. Product A B C Selling price $9 $14 $18 Variable costs and expenses $6 $12 $15 Machine hours to produce 2 1 2 Compute the contribution margin per unit of limited resource (machine hours) for each product. (Round contribution margin per unit to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.50.) Product A Product B Product C Contribution margin per unit of limited resource $ $ $ Assuming 3,000 additional machine hours are available, which product should be manufactured

Answer 1

Answer:

Product A = 1.50

Product B =  2

Product C =  1.50

Explanation:

Contribution margin = (price - variable cost) /  total number of hours

Product A = ($9 - $6) / 2 = 1.50

Product B = ($14 - $12) / 1 = 2

Product C = ($18 - $15) / 2 = 1.50

Product B would be produced because its contribution margin is the highest