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Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. Production time for Product TLX is three units per hour and for Product MTV is five units per hour. The machines capacity is 2,600 hours per year. Both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the companys output up to a maximum of 4,420 units of Product TLX and 6,075 units of Product MTV. Selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. $s per unit Product TLX Product MTV Selling price per unit $ 11.00 $ 6.60 Variable costs per unit 3.30 3.96 Determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix. (Round cost per unit answers to 2 decimal places.)

Colt Company owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. Production time for Product TLX is three units per hour and for Product MTV is five units per hour. The machines capacity is 2,600 hours per year. Both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the companys output up to a maximum of 4,420 units of Product TLX and 6,075 units of Product MTV. Selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow.

$s per unit	Product TLX				Product MTV
Selling price per unit		$	11.00			$	6.60
Variable costs per unit			3.30				3.96

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