Exercise 12-8 Utilization of a Constrained Resource [L012-5, LO012-6] Barlow Company manufactures three products: A, B, and C. The selling price, variable costs, and contribution margin for one unit of each product follow: Product Selling price $240 $350 300 Variable expenses Direct materials 32 80 40 Other variable expenses Total variable expenses Contribution margin Contribution margin ratio 136 168 $ 72 130 210 140 185 225 $ 75 ariable expenses WY 40% 25% The same raw material is used in all three products. Barlow Company has only 4,000 pounds of raw material on hand and will not be able to obtain any more of it for several weeks due to a strike in its supplier's plant. Management is trying to decide which product(s) to concentrate on next week in filling its backlog of orders. The material costs $8 per pound Required 1. Compute the amount of contribution margin that will be obtained per pound of material used in each product. Contribution margin per unit Direct material cost per unit Direct material cost per pound Pounds of material required per unit Contribution margin per pound