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After a season in which he made extensive use of all 12 players on his team, a coach is trying to select the starting team

After a season in which he made extensive use of all 12 players on his team, a coach is trying to select the starting team for postseason tournament play. The following are the season statistics on the players:

 

Player

Position

Height

Rebounds

Points

Assists

FGA

FTA

Turnovers

Fouls

Dave

Guard

70

1.3

1.6

3.3

58

90

2.1

3.2

Al

Guard

72

1.3

3.2

4.5

53

85

1.2

2.1

Tom

Guard

69

2.8

12.1

2.2

47

70

3.3

1.2

Joe

Guard

73

3.3

3.2

3.6

41

72

2.0

2.4

Paul

Guard

68

1.1

9.6

2.0

42

68

2.2

3.4

Sean

Forward

76

7.7

6.7

2.2

38

70

2.8

4.1

Ron

Forward

75

4.5

13.0

2.7

49

75

1.5

2.1

Bob

Forward

77

2.0

15.6

2.8

52

85

4.0

3.0

Jim

Forward

79

7.5

16.2

2.3

47

60

2.1

2.2

Ben

Center

80

3.0

3.9

4.8

45

65

2.3

2.2

Herb

Center

82

8.9

12.8

1.0

40

60

1.0

3.6

John

Center

83

5.0

8.2

1.2

56

88

2.2

1.9

 

In choosing his starting team the coach has 8 goals he would like to meet.  They are:

 

1.Average starting team height at least 75 inches.

2.Total team average rebounds per game at least 24.

3.Total team average points per game at least 58.

4.Total team average assists per game at least 13.

5.Team field goal average (FGA) at least 50.

6.Team free throw goal average (FTA) at least 75.

7.Total team average turnovers per game no more than 11.

8.Total team average fouls per game no more than 12.

 

The coach also wishes to impose the following restriction on the starting team:

 

1.At least one guard must start

2.Exactly one center must start.

3.If either Al or Ron start, Jim cannot start.

 

Create a Solver-based spreadsheet model based on goal programming methods to determine which players should start and solve the model.

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