Outdoor Luggage, Inc., makes high-end hard-sided luggage for sports equipment. Data concerning three of the companys most popular models appear below.

	Ski Guard			Golf Guard			Fishing Guard
Selling price per unit	$	290		$	190		$	215
Variable cost per unit	$	185		$	90		$	90
Plastic injection molding machine processing time required to produce one unit	12 minutes			6 minutes			8 minutes
Pounds of plastic pellets per unit	10 pounds			13 pounds			9 pounds

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1. If we assume that the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint in the production process, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product?

2. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine?

3. If we assume that a severe shortage of plastic pellets has required the company to cut back its production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product?

4. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic pellets?

5. Which product has the largest contribution margin per unit?

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If we assume that the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint in the production process, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product? (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

	Ski Guard		Golf Guard		Fishing Guard
Contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource	not attempted	per minute	not attempted	per minute	not attempted	per minute

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Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine?

	Golf Guardradio button checkedcorrect Fishing Guardradio button unchecked Ski Guardradio button unchecked

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If we assume that a severe shortage of plastic pellets has required the company to cut back its production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product? (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

	Ski Guard		Golf Guard		Fishing Guard
Contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource	not attempted	per pound	not attempted	per pound	not attempted	per pound

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Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine?

	Golf Guardradio button checkedcorrect Fishing Guardradio button unchecked Ski Guardradio button unchecked

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Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine?

	Golf Guardradio button checkedcorrect Fishing Guardradio button unchecked Ski Guardradio button unchecked