Footballs Galore produces both pigskin and artificial leather footballs that are stitched by one of two machines.

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Footballs Galore produces both pigskin and artificial leather footballs that are stitched by one of two machines. Selected data related to producing a batch of 10 footballs for each product follow.

Footballs Galore produces both pigskin and artificial leather footballs that

Only two machines are capable of stitching the footballs. They have a maximum capacity of 3,000 total stitching hours per year.

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A. What is the contribution margin per limited resource for each type of football?
B. Assuming that demand is not a constraint, how many pigskin and artificial leather footballs should be produced by FootballsGalore?

Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Managerial Accounting A Focus on Ethical Decision Making

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