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[Business Analytics/Management Science] Please offer me steps.
The manager of a food processing plant that specializes in
potato chips has developed an LP model to reflect processing
times.
x1 = boxes of regular chips
x2 = boxes of crinkle cut chips
Maximize Z = 0.40x1 + 0.30x2 (profit)
subject to
Cutting | 3.6x1 + 0.8x2 ≤ 144 minutes |
Frying | 3.2x1 + 1.6x2 ≤ 160 minutes |
Packing | 4.8x1 + 7.2x2 ≤ 576 seconds |
Crinkle | x2 ≤ 80 boxes |
Crinkle | x2 ≥ 20 boxes x1, x2 ≥ 0 |
Briefly explain or define each of these parts of the
model:
a. The 0.40 in the objective function.
b. The product of the 0.3 and x2 in the objective function.
c. The 144 minutes in the cutting constraint.
d. The 4.8 in the packing constraint.
e. x2 ≥ 20.
f. The product of 3.2 and x1 in the frying constraint.
g. What two key questions can be answered using this model?
The optimal solution is to produce 15 boxes of x1 and 70 boxes of
x2 for a total maximal profit of $27.00. Determine each of the
following:
h. The amount of each resource that will be used.
i. The amount of slack for each resource
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