Mars Company manufactures and sells three products. Relevant per unit data concerning each product are given below.

Instructions
(a) Compute the contribution margin per unit of limited resource (machine hours) for each product.
(b) Assuming 3,000 additional machine hours are available, which product should be manufactured?
(c) Prepare an analysis showing the total contribution margin if the additional hours are (1) divided equally among the products, and (2) allocated entirely to the product identified in (b) above.

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Product Selling price Variable costs and expenses S3 $10 12 Machine hours to produce S9 $12 $15