Ace Manufacturing produces two products: A and B. Unit contribution margins for A and B are $30 and $70 respectively. Product A uses 2 direct labor hour, and product B uses 5 direct labor hours. Direct labor is Ace's constrained resource. What is the contribution margin per direct labor hour for each product? a.$15 for Product A and $14 for Product B b.$30 for Product A and $350 for Product B c.$350 for Product A and $15 for Product B d.$350 for Product A and $70 for Product B

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?