Pad 4:37 PM ezto.mheducation.com 10.00 points Barlow Company manufactures three

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Pad 4:37 PM ezto.mheducation.com 10.00 points 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 $210 $330 $320 Variable expenses: 83 168 Direct materials 28 Other variable expenses Total variable expenses Contribution margin Contribution margin ratio 147 168 S 42 244 272 S 48 231 15% The same raw material is used in all three products. Barlow Company has only 5,200 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 productis) to concentrate on next week in filling its backlog of orders. The material costs $7 per pound Required 1. Compute the amount of contribution margin that will be obtained per pound of material used in each Contribution margin per unit Direct material cost per unit Direct material cost per pound Pounds of material required per unit Contribution margin per pound 2a. Compute the amount of contribution margin on each product. Contribution margin per pound Pounds of material available Total contribution margin 2b. Which order would you recommend that the company work on next week-the orders for product A, product B, or product C? Product A Product B Product c 3. A foreign supplier could furnish Barlow with additional stocks of the raw material at a substantial premium over the usual price. If there is unfilled demand for all three products, what is the highest price that Barlow Company should be willing to pay for an additional pound of materials? per pound

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1 A B C Contribution margin per unit 42 99 48 Direct material cost per unit 21 63 28 Direct material cost per pound 7 7 7 Pounds of material required per unit 3 9 4 Contribution margin per pound 14 11 12 2 Contribution margin per pound 14 11 12 Pounds of material available 5200 5200 5200 Total contribution margin 72800 57200 62400 3 Product A 4 Maximum amount = 7+14 = $21 per pound

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