Clairnex Company produces two products with selling price and variable cost per unit as follows:     Product A   Product B Selling price per unit $ 125     $ 169   Variable cost per unit   75       120       Due to labor constraints, demand for the products is greater than supply. Product A requires 2 hours of labor to produce and Product B requires 3 hours of labor to produce. Based on this information Clairnex should hire additional labor if the labor rate for product A is   Multiple Choice   $46 per hour.   $71 per hour.   $21 per hour.   None of the answers is correct.

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Clairnex Company produces two products with selling price and variable cost per unit as follows:

 

  Product A   Product B
Selling price per unit $ 125     $ 169  
Variable cost per unit   75       120  
 

 

Due to labor constraints, demand for the products is greater than supply. Product A requires 2 hours of labor to produce and Product B requires 3 hours of labor to produce. Based on this information Clairnex should hire additional labor if the labor rate for product A is

 

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    $46 per hour.

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    $71 per hour.

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    $21 per hour.

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    None of the answers is correct.

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