In: Accounting
Underwood, Inc.
manufactures two products. It currently has 3,700 hours of direct
labor and 1,400 hours of machine time available per month. The
table below lists the contribution margin, labor and machine time
requirements, and demand for each product.
Product A | Product B | |||||
Unit contribution margin | $ | 33.00 | $ | 30.00 | ||
Demand | 1,000 | units | 1,200 | units | ||
Labor time | ¾ | hour | ½ | hour | ||
Machine time | 1 | hour | ½ | hour | ||
How much of each product should Underwood manufacture per
month?
1,000 units of A and 1,200 units of B
1,000 units of A and 0 units of B
0 units of A and 1,200 units of B
700.0 units of A and 1,000 units of B