Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products....

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Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. Production time for Product TLX is two units per hour and for Product MTV is five units per hour. The machines capacity is 2,750 hours per year. Both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the companys output up to a maximum of 4,700 units of Product TLX and 2,500 units of Product MTV. Selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow.

Product TLX Product MTV
Selling price per unit $ 15.00 $ 9.50
Variable costs per unit 4.80 5.50

Determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix. (Round per unit cost answers to 2 decimal places.)

Product TLX Product MTV
Contribution margin per unit $15.00 $9.50
Variable costs 5 6
Contribution margin per production hour $10.00 $3.50
Product TLX Product MTV Total
Maximum number of units to be sold 4,700 2,500
Hours required to produce maximum units
For Most Profitable Sales Mix Product TLX Product MTV Total
Hours dedicated to the production of each product
Units produced for most profitable sales mix
Contribution margin per unit
Total contribution margin

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