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The Hamilton Company manufactures two products: X and Y. Contribution margin per unit is determined as follows:...
The Hamilton Company manufactures two products: X and Y. Contribution margin per unit is determined as follows:
Product X Product Y
Revenue........................................... $130................. $80
Variable Costs................................... .$70................. $38
Contribution margin............................ $60................. $42
Total demand for X is 16,000 units and for Y is 8,000 units. Machine hours are a scarce resource. 42,000 machine hours are available during the year. Product X requires 6 machine hours per unit, while Product Y requires 3 machine hours per unit. How many units of X and Y should Hamilton Company produce?
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Here, objective function is to maximize the contribution margin.
Hence, Hamilton company shoulf produce 3000 Units of Product X and 8000 units of product Y to maximize the contribution margin,
Find the calculation as below.
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