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Polar Products makes downhill and cross-country skis. A pair of downhill skis requires 2 man-hours for cutting, 1 man-hour for shaping and 3 man-hours for
Polar Products makes downhill and cross-country skis. A pair of downhill skis requires 2 man-hours for cutting, 1 man-hour for shaping and 3 man-hours for finishing while a pair of cross-country skis requires 2 man-hours for cutting, 2 man-hours for shaping and 1 man-hour for finishing. Each day the company has available 140 man-hours for cutting, 120 man-hours for shaping and 150 man-hours for finishing. How many pair of each type of ski should the company manufacture each day to maximize profit if a pair of downhill skis yields a profit of $10 and a pair of cross-country skis yields a profit of $8?
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications
Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair
12th edition
978-0134768588, 9780134437767, 134768582, 134437764, 978-0134768632
