Chapter 10, Problem 13PA

Sports Specialists makes baseballs and softballs in a three-step process. Unfortunately, the sewing machine process has been identified as a bottleneck. Each softball has a contribution margin of $6.00 and each baseball has a contribution margin of $2.00. The sewing machine can make 10 softballs or 25 baseballs in one hour.

A. If demand for both products is unlimited and the sewing machine capacity cannot be expanded, which product should be produced?

B. It demand for each ball is limited to 6,000 balls and there are 800 hours available on the machine, how many of each product should be produced?