Southern Production Company has 100 labor-hours available. There is no limit on machine-hours. Southern can sell all of B it wants, but it can only sell 45 units and 20 units of A and C, respectively Contribution margin per unit Labor-hours per unit Machine-hours per unit Product A $15 2.5 5 Product B $10 2.5 3.5 Product C $12 2 1 1 a) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product A? b) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product B? c) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product C? d) How many units of Product A should the company make? e) How many units of Product B should the company make? f) How many units of Product C should the company make?
Southern Production Company has 100 labor-hours available. There is no limit on machine-hours. Southern can sell all of B it wants, but it can only sell 45 units and 20 units of A and C, respectively Contribution margin per unit Labor-hours per unit Machine-hours per unit Product A $15 2.5 5 Product B $10 2.5 3.5 Product C $12 2 1 1 a) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product A? b) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product B? c) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product C? d) How many units of Product A should the company make? e) How many units of Product B should the company make? f) How many units of Product C should the company make?
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![Southern Production Company has 100 labor-hours available. There is no limit on machine-hours. Southern can sell all of B it wants, but it can only sell 45 units and 20
units of A and C, respectively
Contribution margin per
unit
Labor-hours per unit
Machine-hours per unit
Product
A
$15
2.5
5
Product B
$10
2.5
3.5
Product
C
$12
2
1
1 a) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product A?
b) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product B?
c) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product C?
d) How many units of Product A should the company make?
e) How many units of Product B should the company make? f) How many units of Product C should the company make?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F69df46e6-b801-4cd9-b961-48857fd99249%2F6ecde8b2-9137-489b-9d2f-90d44182bf5f%2Fva1j2sd_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Southern Production Company has 100 labor-hours available. There is no limit on machine-hours. Southern can sell all of B it wants, but it can only sell 45 units and 20
units of A and C, respectively
Contribution margin per
unit
Labor-hours per unit
Machine-hours per unit
Product
A
$15
2.5
5
Product B
$10
2.5
3.5
Product
C
$12
2
1
1 a) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product A?
b) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product B?
c) What is the contribution margin per labor-hour for Product C?
d) How many units of Product A should the company make?
e) How many units of Product B should the company make? f) How many units of Product C should the company make?
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