A manufacturer of table saws has three models, Deluxe, Premium, and Ultimate, which must be painted, assembled,

Question:

A manufacturer of table saws has three models, Deluxe, Premium, and Ultimate, which must be painted, assembled, and packaged for shipping. The table gives the number of hours required for each of these operations for each type of table saw.

(a) If the manufacturer has 96 hours available per day for painting, 156 hours for assembly, and 37 hours for packaging, how many of each type of saw can be produced each day?

(b) If 8 more hours of painting time become available, find the new production strategy, and tell how it is related to the inverse matrix used in part (a)?