Chapter 20.23

Product Mo. Docason, fivole and, Miltiple Construints, Basics of Linear Prograriming different sethingt. for the coming penad, 200,000 machme hours are avaldble, Management in tiying to deode on the quantities of each product to prodoce, Ithe following data are avoilable: 1. Determine the units of nach product that should be produced in erder to maximize profits. If a product should not be produced at all, enter " 0 " as your answer. 2. Because of market conditions, the company can sell no more than 150,000 boxces of cornilakes and 300,000 boxes of branilakes. Do the following: a. Fomulate the problem as a linear programming problem. If required, round your answers to the nearest ont, If a value is rero, enter "o" as your answer. Let X= Number of boxes of comillabes Let Y= Number al boxes of hanfiakes b. Select the ogtimal mix gragh. c. Compute the maximum contribution margin given the optimal mix