CIMA Exam CIMAPRA17-BA2-1 Topic 1 Question 97 Discussion

Refer to the exhibit.

A company requires 2,000 units each of components X, Y and Z during the next period. All three components are made on the same machine which has a capacity of 26,000 hours for next period. No inventories are held.

Data for the three components are as follows:

In order to minimize cost, how many units of component X should be purchased from the external supplier?