Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. The firm has 900 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 200 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table:

model cutting and sewing finishing packaging and shipping profit

Regular 1/2 1/8 1 $5

Catchers 3/2 1/4 1/2 $7

1. Develop a spreadsheet model and find the optimal solution using Solver. How many gloves of each model should Kelson manufacture? If your answer is zero enter "0". Regular Model = ____ units Catcher's Model = _____ units

2.What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities?

3.How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department?

4.What is the slack time in each department? If your answer is zero, enter "0".