Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
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ISBN: 9781337406659
Author: WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Product-Profitability Analysis; Scarce Resources Creighton Corporation produces a variety
of consumer electronic products. Unit selling prices and costs for three models of one of its product
lines are as follows:
[LO 11-7]
No Frills Standard Options Super
Selling price $40 $70 $86
Direct materials 10 14 16
Direct labor (@ $20/hour) 10 20 30
Variable overhead 3 6 9
Fixed overhead 3 6 6
Variable overhead is charged to products on the basis of direct labor dollars; fixed overhead is
allocated to products on the basis of machine hours.
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2. Calculate for each product both the gross profit per unit and the contribution margin per unit. (Round
answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., $15.459 = $15.46.) Are either of these profitability measures useful
for planning the optimum short-term product mix? Explain.

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