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  • 1.  tricky quiz part 2 make or buy

    Posted 01-20-2023 09:22 AM
    Question: 2 A company accepted a contract to provide 30,000 units of Product A and 20,000 units
    of Product B. The company's staff developed the following information with regard to
    meeting this contract.

    Product
    A
    Product
    B
    Total
    Selling price $75 $125
    Variable costs $30 $ 48
    Fixed overhead $1,600,000
    Machine hours required 3 5
    Machine hours available 160,000
    Cost if outsourced $45 $ 60

    The operations manager has identified the following alternatives. Which alternative
    should be recommended to management?

    A. Make 30,000 units of Product A, utilize the remaining capacity to make Product B,
    and outsource the remainder.
    B. Make 20,000 units of Product A, utilize the remaining capacity to make Product B,
    and outsource the remainder.
    C. Make 25,000 units of Product A, utilize the remaining capacity to make Product B,
    and outsource the remainder.
    D. Rent additional capacity of 30,000 machine hours, which will increase fixed costs by
    $150,000.


    the answers is A 
    really i can not to get why 
    i solve it to get high contribution margin per hour and give me the answers c so where the mistake

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    Sameh Mahmoud Ismail
    Accountant
    Giza
    Egypt
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  • 2.  RE: tricky quiz part 2 make or buy

    Posted 01-21-2023 02:22 AM
    Hello Samesh,

    Please see the below:

                                                              Product A                Product B
                                                                $                                   $
    Cost of Production                           30                                48

    Outsource cost                                  45                                60

    Saving in producing inhouse           15                                12

    Machine Hours                                   3                                   5

    Per Machine Hour                              5                                   2.4

    Production                                      30000                              14000

    Hour used                                        90000                              70000

    Remaining qty to be outsource                                               6000
    as there is no hour available

    Hence Ans is  "A"