Malloy Milling grinds calcined alumina to a standard granular size. The mill produces two different sizeproducts, regular grind and supergrind, from the same raw materials. After reviewing the productionrate, demand, and profit for each of the two types ofgrind, Malloy Milling found the following linear optimization model forprofit, where R is the number of tons of regular grind produced and S is the number of tons of super grind produced. Implement the linear optimization model on a spreadsheet and use Solver to find an optimal solution. Interpret the Solver AnswerReport, identify the bindingconstraints, and verify the values of the slack variables.

MaximizeProfit

=

900R+1600S

R+S700

(Total production)

R5+S3168

(Time limitation)

R400

(Demand for regulargrind)

S200

(Demand for supergrind)

Implement the linear optimization model and find an optimal solution. Interpret the optimal solution.

The optimal solution is to produce

nothing

tons of regular grind and

nothing

tons of super grind. This solution gives the

minimum

maximum

possibleprofit, which is $

nothing

.

(Type integers or decimals rounded to two decimal places asneeded.)

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