Assuming a short-term profit-oriented perspective, the firm would prefer to produce one of the products more than the other. Given this perspective, which product would the firm prefer? Goransson Company produces two products, Product A and Product B. The selling price for Product A is $10 per unit; the selling price for Product B is $14 per unit. The variable costs for Product A are $6 per unit; the variable costs Product B are $9 per unit. Fixed costs per unit for Product A are $2 per unit; the fixed costs per unit for Product B are $3 per unit. Both products use two types of labor, from separate pools of employees: Pool 1 and Pool 2. For the upcoming accounting period, Pool 1 labor has 8,000 hours available. For the same accounting period, Pool 2 labor has 14,000 hours available. Product A uses 0.8 hours of Pool 1 labor and 1.0 hour of Pool 2 labor. Product B uses 1.2 hours of Pool 1 labor and 1.8 hours of Pool 2 labor. There is sufficient demand for each product (i.e., demand is not the most constrained resource)

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