In: Accounting
Chastain Corporation produces three products, with costs and selling prices as follows:
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 Product A  | 
 Product B  | 
 Product C  | 
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 Selling price per unit  | 
 $  | 
 30  | 
 100  | 
 %  | 
 $  | 
 20  | 
 100  | 
 %  | 
 $  | 
 15  | 
 100  | 
 %  | 
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 Variable costs per unit  | 
 18  | 
 60  | 
 %  | 
 15  | 
 75  | 
 %  | 
 6  | 
 40  | 
 %  | 
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 Contribution margin per unit  | 
 $  | 
 12  | 
 40  | 
 %  | 
 $  | 
 5  | 
 25  | 
 %  | 
 $  | 
 9  | 
 60  | 
 %  | 
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A particular machine is the bottleneck. On that machine, 3 machine hours are required to produce each unit of Product A, 1 hour is required to produce each unit of Product B, and 2 hours are required to produce each unit of Product C.
Required:
Correct Answer:
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 Product  | 
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 A  | 
 B  | 
 C  | 
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 A  | 
 Sales price per unit  | 
 $ 30.00  | 
 $ 20.00  | 
 $ 15.00  | 
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 B  | 
 Variable cost per unit  | 
 $ 18.00  | 
 $ 15.00  | 
 $ 6.00  | 
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 C=A-B  | 
 Contribution margin per unit  | 
 $ 12.00  | 
 $ 5.00  | 
 $ 9.00  | 
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 D = 1/no. of machines produced in 1 hour  | 
 Machine hour per unit  | 
 0.33  | 
 1.00  | 
 0.50  | 
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 E =C/D  | 
 Contribution margin per machine hour  | 
 $ 36.00  | 
 $ 5.00  | 
 $ 18.00  | 
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 Ranking  | 
 I  | 
 III  | 
 II  | 
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End of Answer.
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