Santana Rey has found that her line of computer desks and chairs has become very popular and she is finding it hard to keep up with demand. She knows that she cannot fill all of her orders for both items, so she decides she must determine the optimal sales mix given the resources she has available. Information about the desks and chairs follows.     Desks   Chairs   Selling price per unit $ 1,125   $ 375   Variable costs per unit   500     200                 Contribution margin per unit $ 625   $ 175                 Direct labor hours per unit   5 hours   4 hours Expected demand for next quarter   175 desks   50 chairs     Santana has determined that she only has 1,015 direct labor hours available for the next quarter and wants to optimize her contribution margin given the limited number of direct labor hours available. Â Required: Determine the optimal sales mix and the contribution margin the business will earn at that sales mix. (Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response). Please avoid solutions in an image thanx

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Santana Rey has found that her line of computer desks and chairs has become very popular and she is finding it hard to keep up with demand. She knows that she cannot fill all of her orders for both items, so she decides she must determine the optimal sales mix given the resources she has available. Information about the desks and chairs follows.

 

  Desks   Chairs  
Selling price per unit $ 1,125   $ 375  
Variable costs per unit   500     200  
             
Contribution margin per unit $ 625   $ 175  
             
Direct labor hours per unit   5 hours   4 hours
Expected demand for next quarter   175 desks   50 chairs
 

 

Santana has determined that she only has 1,015 direct labor hours available for the next quarter and wants to optimize her contribution margin given the limited number of direct labor hours available.


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Determine the optimal sales mix and the contribution margin the business will earn at that sales mix. (Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response).

Please avoid solutions in an image thanx

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