Q4: The Alpha Beta Corporation makes laser and ink jet printers for personal computers. Each laser...

 

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Q4: The Alpha Beta Corporation makes laser and ink jet printers for personal computers. Each laser printer yields $40.00 in profits and each ink jet printer provides $25.00. Each of the printers goes through two assembly areas. The following table provides processing times per unit (in minutes) as well as total available processing times per department: Printer laser Dept A 18 Dept B 12 ink jet 6 total time per day 216 8 384 Sales commitments require at least 6 laser printers and 12 ink jet printers to be made per day. The company is interested in determining how many of each printer to produce to maximize its profit. a. Formulate this problem as an LP. b. Graph this problem. c. What is the optimal solution? Q4: The Alpha Beta Corporation makes laser and ink jet printers for personal computers. Each laser printer yields $40.00 in profits and each ink jet printer provides $25.00. Each of the printers goes through two assembly areas. The following table provides processing times per unit (in minutes) as well as total available processing times per department: Printer laser Dept A 18 Dept B 12 ink jet 6 total time per day 216 8 384 Sales commitments require at least 6 laser printers and 12 ink jet printers to be made per day. The company is interested in determining how many of each printer to produce to maximize its profit. a. Formulate this problem as an LP. b. Graph this problem. c. What is the optimal solution?

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a Formulating the problem as an LP Lets define the decision variables x number of laser printers pro... View the full answer