A manufacturing firm has discontinued production of a certain unprofitable product line. Considerable excess production capacity was created as a result. Management is considering devoting this excess capacity to one or more of three products: X1, X2, and X3. Machine hours required per unit are     PRODUCT MACHINE TYPE X1 X2 X3 Milling machine 2 3 4 Lathe 6 8 0 Grinder 8 0 2   The available time in machine hours per week is     MACHINE HOURS PER WEEK Milling machines 502 Lathes 552 Grinders 180   The salespeople estimate they can sell all the units of X1 and X2 that can be made. But the sales potential of X3 is 80 units per week maximum.

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A manufacturing firm has discontinued production of a certain unprofitable product line. Considerable excess production capacity was created as a result. Management is considering devoting this excess capacity to one or more of three products: X1, X2, and X3.

Machine hours required per unit are
 

 

PRODUCT

MACHINE TYPE X1 X2 X3
Milling machine 2 3 4
Lathe 6 8 0
Grinder 8 0 2
 


The available time in machine hours per week is
 

  MACHINE HOURS PER WEEK
Milling machines 502
Lathes 552
Grinders 180
 


The salespeople estimate they can sell all the units of X1 and X2 that can be made. But the sales potential of X3 is 80 units per week maximum.

Unit profits for the three products are
 

  UNIT PROFITS
X1 $ 39  
X2   31  
X3   29  
 


a. Set up the equations that can be solved to maximize the profit per week. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)

 



s.t

 



b. Solve these equations (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

 



 



c. How much of each constraint or resource is unused? (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

 



d-1. Would the machines work at capacity?

A manufacturing firm has discontinued production of a certain unprofitable product line. Considerable excess production capacity was created as a result. Management is considering devoting this excess capacity to one or more of three products: X1, X2, and X3.

Machine hours required per unit are
 

 

PRODUCT

MACHINE TYPE X1 X2 X3
Milling machine 2 3 4
Lathe 6 8 0
Grinder 8 0 2
 

The available time in machine hours per week is
 
  MACHINE HOURS PER WEEK
Milling machines 502
Lathes 552
Grinders 180
 

The salespeople estimate they can sell all the units of X1 and X2 that can be made. But the sales potential of X3 is 80 units per week maximum.

Unit profits for the three products are
 
  UNIT PROFITS
X1 $ 39  
X2   31  
X3   29  
 

a. Set up the equations that can be solved to maximize the profit per week. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)

Maximize Z =    X1   +   X2   +   X3


s.t

Milling    X1 +   X2+   X3 <=  
Lathes    X1+   X2+   X3 <=  
Grinders    X1+   X2+   X3 <=  
            X1,X2,X3 >=  


b. Solve these equations. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

Decision for X1  
Decision for X2  
Decision for X3  
Total Profit  


  Resources Used
Milling  
Lathes  
Grinders  
Sales  


c. How much of each constraint or resource is unused? (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

Slack Variables Hours
S1  
S2  
S3  
S4  


d-1. Would the machines work at capacity?

Milling  
Lathes  
Grinders  






 



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