Bacon Company Makes Four Products in a Single Facility $\quad$

Multiple Choice

Bacon Company makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs:
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$\begin{array}{lrrrr}&\text { A}&\text { B}&\text { C}&\text { D}\\\text { Direct materials } & \$ 14.30 & \$ 10.20& \$ 11.00& \$ 10.60\\\text { Direct labor } & 19.40 & 27.40 & 33.60 & 40.40 \\\text { Variable manufacturing } & 4.30 & 2.70 & 2.60 & 3.20 \\\text { overhead } & & & &\\\text { Fixed manufacturing } & 26.50 & 34.80 & 26.60 & 37.20 \\\text { overhead } & & & &\\ \text {Unit product cost } & \$64.50&\$75.10&\$73.80&\$91.40& & & \\\end{array}$
Additional data concerning these products are listed below.
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$\begin{array}{lrrrrrr}&\text { A}&\text { B}&\text { C}&\text { D}\\\text { Grinding minutes per unit } & 3.80 & 5.30& 4.30 & 3.40 \\\text { Selling price per unit } & \$ 76.1 0 & \$ 93.50 & \$ 87.40& \$ 104.20 \\\text { Variable selling cost per } & \$ 2.20 & \$ 1.20& \$ 3.30& \$ 1.60 \\\text { unit } & \\\text { Monthly demand in units }& 2,000 & 4,000 & 3,00 0 & 2,000\end{array}$

The grinding machines are the constraint in the production facility. A total of 53,600 minutes is available per month on these machines.
Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.
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How many minutes of grinding machine time would be required to satisfy demand for all four products?

A) 56,100
B) 40,900
C) 53,600
D) 13,000