The Widner Company Manufactures Two Products: Stainless Serving Spoons and Stainless

Multiple Choice

The Widner Company manufactures two products: Stainless Serving Spoons and Stainless Serving Forks. The costs and revenues are as follows:
$$\begin{array} { l c c } & \text { Spoons } & \text { Forks } \\\text { Sales price } & \$ 150 & \$ 88 \\\text { Variable cost per urit } & 80 & 42\end{array}$$
Total demand for Spoons is 14,000 units and for Forks is 9,000 units. Machine time is a scarce resource. During the year, 54,000 machine hours are available. Spoons require 5 machine hours per unit, while Forks require 3 machine hours per unit.
How many units of Spoons and Forks should Widner produce?
$\begin{array} { l r r } &{ \text { Spoons } } & { \text { Forks } } \\\end{array}$
A. $\begin{array} { l r r } & 14,000 &0 \\\end{array}$
B. $\begin{array} { l r r } & 8,307 & 4,154 \\\end{array}$
C. $\begin{array} { l r r } & 10,800 &0\\\end{array}$
D. $\begin{array} { l r r } & 5,400 & 9,000 \\\end{array}$

A) Option A
B) Option B
C) Option C
D) Option D