Custom Furniture Manufactures a Small Table and a Large Table

question 71

Multiple Choice

Custom Furniture manufactures a small table and a large table. The small table sells for $900, has variable costs of $560 per table, and takes ten direct labor hours to manufacture. The large table sells for $1,500, has variable costs of $980, and takes eight direct labor hours to manufacture. The company has a maximum of 5,000 direct labor hours per month when operating at full capacity. If there are no constraints on sales of either of the products, and the company could choose any proportions of product mix that they wanted, the maximum contribution margin that the company could earn will be:

• A)$250,000
• B)$425,000
• C)$330,000
• D)$325,000

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Definitions:

Competitive Increasing-cost Industry

An industry in which the entry of new firms causes the prices of inputs to increase, affecting the cost of production for all firms.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and inputs can be varied, allowing for full adjustment by firms and the economy, and no excess demand or supply exists.

Decline in Demand

A decrease in the willingness and ability of consumers to buy goods and services at existing prices, which can lead to lower market prices.

Constant-cost Industry

An industry in which the costs of production, including inputs and labor, do not change as the overall industry output changes.