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Acme Appliance must determine how many washers and dryers should stocked. It costs Acme $350 to purchase a washer and $250 to purchase a dryer. A washer requires 3 sq. yd of storage space, and a dryer requires 3.5 sq. yd. The sale of a washer earns Highland a profit of $200, and the sale of a dryer $150. Acme has set the following goals (listed in order of Importance): Highland should earn at least $30,000 In profits from the sale of washers and dryers. Washers and dryers should not use up more than 400 sq. yd. of storage space. Formulate a preemptive goal programming model that Acme could use to determine how many washers and dryers to order to order. Use D for the number of dryers and W for the number of washers as your variables. ANSWER Minimize s.t