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A company manufactures two products. Each unit of product X requires 10 machine hours and each unit of product Y requires 4 machine hours. The company's productive capacity is limited to 180,000 machine hours. Each unit of product X sells for $15 and has variable costs of $7. Each unit of product Y sells for $8 and has variable costs of $3. If the company can sell all that it produces of both products, what should the sales mix be?


Definitions:

Incur A Loss

The situation in which the costs of operating a business exceed the revenues, leading to negative profits.

ATC

Average Total Cost, which is the total cost of production divided by the quantity of output produced.

Profit-Maximizing Firm

A business entity that focuses on activities and decisions that increase its net earnings to the highest possible level.

Horizontal Axis

In a graph or chart, the x-axis, which typically represents the independent variable or time scale.

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