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. Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimai places.) Bed \& Bath, a retailing company, has two departments - Hardware and Linens. The company's most recent monthly contribution format income statement follows: A study indicates that $377,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to Linens are sunk costs or allocated costs that will continue even if the Linens Department is dropped. In addition, the elimination of the Linens Department will result in a 16\% decrease in the sales of the Hardware Department. Required: What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Linens Department