Benoit Company produces three products-A, B, and C. Data concerning the three products follow (per unit): $ 88.00 Product B Selling price $ 72.00 $ 78.00 Variable expensest Direct materials 26.40 18.00 9.00 Other variable expenses 26.40 36.00 45.60 Total variable expennen 52.80 54.00 54.60 Contribution margin $ 35.20 $ 18.00 $ 23.40 Contribution margin ratio 404 250 300 The company estimates that it can sell 900 units of each product per month. The same raw material is used in each product. The material costs $3 per pound with a maximum of 6,000 pounds available each month. Required: 1. Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product 2. Which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for A, B, or C? Which orders second? Third? 3. What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of its 6,000 pounds of materials? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product B Product Contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource Required 2 > $ 89.00 Product B $ 72.00 c $ 78.00 Selling price Variable expenses Direct materials 26.40 18.00 9.00 Other variable expenses 26.40 36.00 45.60 Total variable expenses 52.80 54.00 54.60 Contribution margin $ 35.20 $ 18.00 $ 23.40 Contribution margin ratio 404 258 301 The company estimates that it can sell 900 units of each product per month. The same raw material is used in each p material costs $3 per pound with a maximum of 6,000 pounds available each month. Required: 1. Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product. 2. Which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for A, B, or C? Which orders second? Third? 3. What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of its 6,000 materials? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for A, B, or c? Which orders second? Third? Product A Product B Product C A $ 88.00 Product B $ 72.00 $ 78.00 26.40 26.40 52.80 $ 35.20 401 18.00 36.00 54.00 $ 18.00 250 9.00 45.60 54.60 $ 23.40 300 Selling price Variable expenses Direct materials Other variable expenses Total variable expenses Contribution margin Contribution margin ratio The company estimates that it can sell 900 units of each product per month. The same raw material is used in each product. The material costs $3 per pound with a maximum of 6,000 pounds available each month. Required: 1. Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product 2. Which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for A, B, or C? Which orders second? Third? 3. What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of its 6,000 pounds of materials? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 What is the maximum contribution margin that the company can earn per month if it makes optimal use of its 6,000 pounds of materials? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Maximum contribution margin
