Limited Resources Portable Enterprises Produces Two Lines of Mobile Homes: Double-Wide and Double-Wide

question 44

Essay

Limited resources
Portable Enterprises produces two lines of mobile homes: double-wide and single-wide.Unit cost and revenue data pertaining to each product are shown below: Each double-wide home requires 350 different labor hours and 125 machine hours.Each single-wide home requires 175 direct labor hours and 150 machine hours.Demand for each line of homes far exceeds the company's total production capacity.
(a)If Portable's production capacity is constrained by limited direct labor hours,which line of homes should it produce? ___________________
(b)If Portable's total production capacity is constrained by machine hours,which line of homes should it produce? ____________________
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Definitions:

Pulmonary Trunk

The primary artery responsible for transporting blood from the heart's right ventricle to the lungs to receive oxygen.

Right Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that pumps oxygen-depleted blood to the lungs for oxygenation, part of the pulmonary circulation.

Pulmonary Arteries

Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.

Chordae Tendineae

Strong, fibrous strings attached to the heart's ventricular walls and the cusps of the atrioventricular valves, playing a crucial role in heart function.