Le 3-3. assume that zimbabwe and portugal each has 60 machine minutes available. originally, each country divided its time equally between the production of toothbrushes and hairbrushes. now, each country spends all its time producing the good in which it has a comparative advantage. as a result, the total output increased by a. 4 toothbrushes and 2 hairbrushes. b. 10 toothbrushes

Owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. production time for product tlx is two units per hour and for product mtv is four units per hour. the machine’s capacity is 2,100 hours per year. both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company’s output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of product tlx and 1,610 units of product mtv. selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. product tlx product mtv selling price per unit $ 11.50 $ 6.90 variable costs per unit 3.45 4.14 determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix.