What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of pounds of materials? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Selling price Variable expenses: Direct materials Other variable expenses Total variable expenses A Product B C $ 80.00 $62.00 $ 81.00 24.00 18.00 9.00 24.00 25.40 43.65 48.00 43.40 52.65
What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of pounds of materials? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Selling price Variable expenses: Direct materials Other variable expenses Total variable expenses A Product B C $ 80.00 $62.00 $ 81.00 24.00 18.00 9.00 24.00 25.40 43.65 48.00 43.40 52.65
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of its 5,000
pounds of materials? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Selling price
Variable expenses:
Direct materials
Other variable expenses
Total variable expenses
Contribution margin
Contribution margin ratio
$ 80.00
Product
B
$62.00
C
$81.00
24.00
24.00
48.00
18.00
25.40
43.40
9.00
43.65
52.65
$ 32.00
40%
$ 18.60
$ 28.35
30%
35%
The company estimates that it can sell 800 units of each product per month. The same raw material is used in each product. The
material costs $3 per pound with a maximum of 5,000 pounds available each month.
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