Widgeon Co

question 124

Multiple Choice

Widgeon Co. manufactures three products: Bales; Tales; and Wales. The selling prices are: $55; $78; and $32, respectively. The variable costs for each product are: $20; $50; and $15, respectively. Each product must go through the same processing in a machine that is limited to 2,000 hours per month. Bales take 5 hours to process, Tales take 7 hours, and Wales take 1 hour. Assuming that Widgeon Co. can sell all of the products they can make, what is the maximum contribution margin they can earn per month?

• A) $49,000
• B) $70,000
• C) $56,000
• D) $34,000

---

Definitions:

Multifactor Model

A financial model that evaluates securities by considering multiple economic and financial factors to explain market phenomena and/or rates of return.

Expected Return

The mean value of the probability distribution of possible returns from an investment or portfolio.

Expected Return-Beta Relationship

A concept in finance that describes the relationship between the risk of an investment and its expected return, based on the beta coefficient.

APT

The Arbitrage Pricing Theory, a model that determines the required return on an asset by considering various macroeconomic factors.