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Bruce Corporation makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs:
Products | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | |||||
Direct materials | $ | 19.90 | $ | 15.20 | $ | 20.80 | $ | 23.20 |
Direct labor | 12.20 | 8.70 | 10.50 | 7.40 | ||||
Variable manufacturing overhead | 1.60 | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.10 | ||||
Fixed manufacturing overhead | 10.80 | 11.90 | 8.80 | 10.70 | ||||
Unit product cost | $ | 44.50 | $ | 37.90 | $ | 42.10 | $ | 43.40 |
Additional data concerning these products are listed below.
Products | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | |||||
Grinding minutes per unit | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.40 | ||||
Selling price per unit | $ | 59.30 | $ | 51.70 | $ | 59.50 | $ | 55.60 |
Total variable cost per unit | 33.70 | 26.00 | 33.30 | 32.70 | ||||
Contribution margin per unit | $ | 25.60 | $ | 25.70 | $ | 26.20 | $ | 22.90 |
Monthly demand in units | 4,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | ||||
The grinding machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 9,000 minutes are available per month on these machines.
Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.
Which product makes the MOST profitable use of the grinding machines? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Multiple Choice
Product B
Product C
Product D
Product A