Exercise 23-9 Sales mix determination and analysis LO A1

Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. Production time for Product TLX is three units per hour and for Product MTV is five units per hour. The machines capacity is 2,100 hours per year. Both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the companys output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of Product TLX and 4,850 units of Product MTV. Selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow.

$s per unit	Product TLX				Product MTV
Selling price per unit		$	14.00			$	8.40
Variable costs per unit			4.20				5.04

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 Total Product TLX 3,570 Product MTV 4,850 Maximum number of units to be sold Hours required to produce maximum units Product TLX Product MTV Total For Most Profitable Sales Mix Hours dedicated to the production of each product Units produced for most profitable sales mix Contribution margin per unit Total contribution margin