Ivanhoe Innovations, Inc. produces exercise and fitness gear. Two of its newer products require a finishing process that can only be completed on machines that were recently purchased for this purpose. The machines have a maximum capacity of 10,500 machine hours, and no other products that the company makes use these machines. Sarah Jacob, the company's operations manager is preparing the production schedule for the coming month and can't seem to find enough machine time to produce enough units to meet the customer demand that the marketing department has included in the sales budget. Michael Stoner, the company's controller, has gathered the following information about the two products: Dumbbell Rack Weight Bench Selling price per unit $42 $63 Direct materials 18 16 8 Direct labor 4 2 6 Variable overhead 6 10 Fixed overhead $12 $23 Profit per unit Unit sales demand 5.000 8.000 0.75 1.5 Machine hours per unit (a) Your answer is correct. Calculate the total number of machine hours needed to produce enough units to meet the sales demand for the two products. 15750 Total number of machine hours e Textbook and Media (b) Your answer is correct. How should Sarah allocate the 10,500 available machine hours between the two produc that Ivanhoe maximizes its profits? Machine Hours 3750 Dumbbell Rack 6750 Weight Bench (c) Your answer is correct. What total contribution margin will Ivanhoe realize based on your answer to part (b)? 238500 Total contribution margin e Textbook and Media Sarah has talked with the marketing department about the situation and suggested that the company raise the sales price on the weight bench to $72 to reduce customer demand. The marketing department believes that at the higher price, demand for the weight bench will drop to 5,660 units. How should Sarah allocate the 10,500 machine hours based on this new information? Machine Hours Dumbbell rack 2010 8490 Weight Bench Your answer is correct. Sarah has talked with the marketing department about the situation and suggested that the company raise the sales price on the weight bench to $72 to reduce customer demand. The marketing department believes that at the higher price, demand for the weight bench will drop to 5,660 units. What total contribution margin will Ivanhoe earn? $ 285960 Total contribution margin (e 1) After hearing about Sarah's recommendation to increase the weight bench price to $72, Scott Wilson, the sales manager, suggested that the company raise the price of the dumbbell rack instead. He believes that if the price is increased to $54, demand will fall to 3,660 units. How should Sarah allocate the 10,500 machine hours under Scott's proposal? Machine Hours Dumbbell rack Weight Bench