Exercise A steel mill produces two types of steel alloy: boral and chromal. Production of each alloy requires three processes: Box anneal, Cold Roll, and Strand anneal. Production capacities are: Box anneal: 4,000 hours/month Cold Roll: 500 hours/month Strand anneal: 1,000 hours/month Production rates in tons per hour are:   Box anneal Cold roll pass 1 Strand anneal Cold roll pass 2 Boral 4 72 11 36 Chromal 2 Not required 20 24 The maximum demand for boral is 10,500 tons/month and for chromal 6,000 tons/month. The contributions/ton are boral: $25, and chromal: $35.   Question What combination of boral and chromal maximizes total monthly contribution?

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A steel mill produces two types of steel alloy: boral and chromal. Production of each alloy requires three processes: Box anneal, Cold Roll, and Strand anneal. Production capacities are:

Box anneal:

4,000 hours/month

Cold Roll:

500 hours/month

Strand anneal:

1,000 hours/month

Production rates in tons per hour are:

 

Box anneal

Cold roll pass 1

Strand anneal

Cold roll pass 2

Boral

4

72

11

36

Chromal

2

Not required

20

24

The maximum demand for boral is 10,500 tons/month and for chromal 6,000 tons/month. The contributions/ton are boral: $25, and chromal: $35.

 

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What combination of boral and chromal maximizes total monthly contribution?

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