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Floataway Tours has $420,000 that can be use to purchase new rental boats for hire during the summer. The boats can be purchased from two

    Floataway Tours has $420,000 that can be use to purchase new rental boats for hire during the summer.  The boats can be purchased from two different manufacturers. Floataway Tours would like to purchase at least 50 boats and would like to purchase the same number from Sleekboat as from Racer to maintain goodwill.  At the same time,Floataway Tours wishes to have a total seating capacity of at least 200. 


    Formulate this problem as a linear program.

     

                       Maximum      Expected

         Boat           Builder       Cost      Seating      Daily Profit

     

    Speedhawk   Sleekboat     $6000         3                   $ 70

    Silverbird      Sleekboat     $7000         5                   $ 80

    Catman          Racer            $5000         2                   $ 50

    Classy            Racer            $9000         6                   $110

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