Benoit Company produces three products. A, B, and C. Data concerning the three p

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Benoit Company produces three products. A, B, and C. Data concerning the three products follow (per unit): Demand for the company's products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. The same material is used in each product. The material costs dollar 3 per pound with a maximum of 4.600 pounds available each month. Required: Compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) Which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for A, for B, or for C? Which orders second? Third?

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a) for product A= 36/ (27/3) = 4

for product B = 17.50/ (21/3)= 2.5

for product C= 24/ (5.60/3)= 12.83

b)product A second

product B third

product C first

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