Blossom Industries manufactures chairs and tables that are in high demand by local office furniture...

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Blossom Industries manufactures chairs and tables that are in high demand by local office furniture stores. Following is information for each of these products:

Chairs

Tables

Selling price per item

$84.00

$100.00

Variable cost per item

70.00

85.00

Contribution margin per item

$14.00

$15.00

Machine hours per item

1.60

1.60

Blossom has 1072 machine hours available each month. The demand for chairs is 640 units per month and the demand for tables is 420 units per month. In order to maximize the companys total contribution margin, how should Blossom allocate its production capacity between the chairs and tables?

420 tables and 250.00 chairs

420 tables and 640 chairs

670.00 chairs and 0 tables

670.00 tables and 0 chairs

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