The Ramos Company manufactures two products: Treadmills and Elliptical Trainers. The costs and revenues are as follows:     Treadmill   Elliptical Trainer Sales price per unit $ 300     $ 175   Variable cost per unit   160       85     Total demand for the Treadmill product is 7,000 units and for the Elliptical Trainer product is 5,000 units. Machine time is a scarce resource. During the year, 48,000 machine hours are available. A Treadmill requires 6 machine hours per unit, while an Elliptical Trainer requires 2.5 machine hours per unit. Required: a. How many units of Treadmills and Elliptical Trainers should Ramos produce? b. What will be the maximum possible contribution margin?

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The Ramos Company manufactures two products: Treadmills and Elliptical Trainers. The costs and revenues are as follows:
 

  Treadmill   Elliptical Trainer
Sales price per unit $ 300     $ 175  
Variable cost per unit   160       85  
 


Total demand for the Treadmill product is 7,000 units and for the Elliptical Trainer product is 5,000 units. Machine time is a scarce resource. During the year, 48,000 machine hours are available. A Treadmill requires 6 machine hours per unit, while an Elliptical Trainer requires 2.5 machine hours per unit.

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a. How many units of Treadmills and Elliptical Trainers should Ramos produce?
b. What will be the maximum possible contribution margin?

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