CONSTRES-608 company manufactures three products—A, B, and C. The selling price, variable costs, and contribution margin for one unit of each product follow: Product A B C Selling price $ 180 $ 260 $ 240 Variable expenses: Direct materials 24 80 32 Other variable expenses 102 100 148 Total variable expenses 126 180 180 Contribution margin $ 54 $ 80 $ 60 Contribution margin ratio 30 % 30.77 % 25 % The same raw material is used in all three products. The company has only 6,600 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 product(s) to concentrate on next week in filling its backlog of orders. The material costs $8 per pound. A foreign supplier could furnish the company with additional stocks of the raw material at a substantial premium over the usual price. Assuming the company’s estimated customer demand is 500 units per product line and that the company has used its 6,600 pounds of raw material in an optimal fashion, what is the highest price the company should be willing to pay for an additional pound of materials?

He management's discussion and analysis (md& a) required in general purpose federal financial reporting is different than that required by gasb of state and local governments in that: a. it includes information about the agency's performance goals and results in addition to financial activities. b. it is outside the general purpose federal financial report and is optional, not required. c. it is a part of the basic financial statements and, as a result, it is audited along with the financial statements. d. there are no significant differences.

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Exercise 18-15 sheffield appliance center is an experienced home appliance dealer. sheffield appliance center also offers a number of services for the home appliances that it sells. assume that sheffield appliance center sells ovens on a standalone basis. sheffield appliance center also sells installation services and maintenance services for ovens. however, sheffield appliance center does not offer installation or maintenance services to customers who buy ovens from other vendors. pricing for ovens is as follows. oven only $790 oven with installation service 850 oven with maintenance services 970 oven with installation and maintenance services 990 in each instance in which maintenance services are provided, the maintenance service is separately priced within the arrangement at $180. additionally, the incremental amount charged by sheffield appliance center for installation approximates the amount charged by independent third parties. ovens are sold subject to a general right of return. if a customer purchases an oven with installation and/or maintenance services, in the event sheffield appliance center does not complete the service satisfactorily, the customer is only entitled to a refund of the portion of the fee that exceeds $790. assume that a customer purchases an oven with both installation and maintenance services for $990. (b) indicate the amount of revenue that should be allocated to the oven, the installation, and to the maintenance contract.