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Chastain Corporation produces three products, with costs and selling prices as follows:
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 |
% |
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:
Product |
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A |
B |
C |
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A |
Sales price per unit |
$ 30.00 |
$ 20.00 |
$ 15.00 |
B |
Variable cost per unit |
$ 18.00 |
$ 15.00 |
$ 6.00 |
C=A-B |
Contribution margin per unit |
$ 12.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 9.00 |
D = 1/no. of machines produced in 1 hour |
Machine hour per unit |
0.33 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
E =C/D |
Contribution margin per machine hour |
$ 36.00 |
$ 5.00 |
$ 18.00 |
Ranking |
I |
III |
II |
End of Answer.
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