Operations Management Appendix A

Question 8

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A farmer in Wood County has 1,090 acres of land. She is going to plant each acre with corn, soybeans, or wheat. Each acre planted with corn yields a $1,600 profit; each with soybeans yields $3,100 profit; and each with wheat yields $1,600 profit. She has 355 workers and 485 tons of fertilizer. The table below shows the requirement per acre of each of the crops.