Georgia Cabinets manufactures kitchen cabinets that are sold to local dealers throughout the Southeast. Because of a large backlog of orders for oak and cherry cabinets, the company decided to contract with three smaller cabinetmakers to do the final finishing operation. For the three cabinetmakers, the number of hours required to for all the oak cabinets, the number of hours required for all the cherry cabinets, the number of hours available for the final finishing operation, and the cost per hour to perform the work are shown here:

Cabinetmaker 1 Cabinetmaker 2 Cabinetmaker 3 Hours required to complete all the oak cabinets 50 44 30 Hours required to complete all the cherry cabinets 60 43 33 Hours available 40 25 30 Cost per hour $32 $43 $59\f\f\f