A stationary supplies company wishes to produce deluxe and budget ink pens. Deluxe ink pens require eight
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A stationary supplies company wishes to produce deluxe and budget ink pens. Deluxe ink pens require eight units of material and 9 minutes to produce each pen. Budget ink pens require six units of material and 4 minutes to produce each pen. The company has 38.25 hours of labour and 1950 units of material available per week. Profit for deluxe ink pens is $2.40 per pen and for budget ink pens is $1.75 per pen. The company also wants the number of deluxe ink pens to be produced to be at least 6 times the number of budget ink pens produced. Formulate a Linear Programming problem to determine the company's best production plan to maximise profit (do not solve).
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