The Acme Press has been contracted to print 400,000 pages for an advertising brochure. The pages can

be printed on any or all of three presses. The job is a special rush order that must he completed before

the end of business deadline. Data are shown below. Assume that in order to print in a press a mold

Press Cost/page pages/min Max pages (K)

1 0.05 1000 200

2 0.04 900 250

3 0.02 600 300

is required which cannot be reproduce, then only one press can be working at a time. Furthermore,

assume there are only 8 hours left in the working day.

(a) Formulate the problem as a linear programming model, and determine the optimum production

schedule.

(b) Based on the dual prices, would it be advisable to pay overtime? Explain.

2. The Acme Press has been contracted to print 400,000 pages for an advertising brochure. The pages can be printed on any or all of three presses. The job is a special rush order that must he completed before the end of business deadline. Data are shown below. Assume that in order to print in a press a mold Press Cost/page pages/min Max pages (K) 0.05 1000 200 0.04 250 0.02 600 300 900 3 is required which cannot be reproduce, then only one press can be working at a time. Furthermore, assume there are only 8 hours left in the working day. (a) Formulate the problem as a linear programming model, and determine the optimum production schedule. (b) Based on the dual prices, would it be advisable to pay overtime? Explain