The above tableau is the optimal tableau:

1.) Would we utilize a proposed new process that has a profit contribution of $2 and consumes 1 unit of each productive resource? 2.) Would we utilize the process if it has a profit contribution of .95 and used 1 unit of the first and third resources only?

Maxz=5x1+4x2+10x3+8x4 s.t. Maxz=5x1+4x2+10x3+8x4 s.t