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Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. Productio

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Question

Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. Production time for Product TLX is two units per hour and for Product MTV is four units per hour. The machine's capacity is 2,400 hours per year. Both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company's output up to a maximum of 4,080 units of Product TLX and 1,780 units of Product MTV. Selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow Selling price per unit Variable costs per unit Product TLX 11.50 Product MTV $ 6.90 4.14 3.45 Determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix. (Round cost per unit answers to 2 decimal places.) Product TLX Product MTV Contribution margin per unit Contribution margin per production hour Product TLX Product MTV Total Maximum number of units to be sold 4,080 1,780 Hours required to produce maximum units For Most Profitable Sales Mix Product TLX Product MTV Total Hours dedicated to the production of each product Units produced for most profitable sales mix Contribution margin per unit Total contribution margin

Explanation / Answer

Particulars

Product TLX

Product MTV

Selling Price per Unit

11.5

6.9

Less: Variable costs per Unit

3.45

4.14

Contribution Margin Per Unit

8.05

2.76

Number of Hours required to produce a single Product

0.5
[1/2]

0.25
[1/4]

Contribution margin per production Hour

4.025
[8.05*0.5]

0.69
[2.76*0.25]

Particulars

Product TLX

Product MTV

Total

Maximum number of units to be sold

4080

1780

5860

Hours required to produce maximum units

2040
[4080*0.5]

445
[1780*0.25]

2485

For Most Profitable Sales Mix

Product TLX

Product MTV

Total

Hours dedicated to the production of each product

2040

360
[2400 - 2040]

2400

Units Produced for most profitable sales mix

4080

1440
[360*4]

Contribuiton Margin Per Unit

8.05

2.76

Total Contribution Margin

32844
[4080*8.05]

3974.4
[1440*2.76]

36818

Particulars

Product TLX

Product MTV

Selling Price per Unit

11.5

6.9

Less: Variable costs per Unit

3.45

4.14

Contribution Margin Per Unit

8.05

2.76

Number of Hours required to produce a single Product

0.5
[1/2]

0.25
[1/4]

Contribution margin per production Hour

4.025
[8.05*0.5]

0.69
[2.76*0.25]