The manufacturer of a popular personal computer has orders from two dealers. Dealer D1 wants at least 39 computers, and dealer D2 wants at least 18 computers. The manufacturer can fulfill the orders from either of two warehouses, W1 or W1. W1 has 25 of the computers on hand and W2 has 30. The costs of shipments are given below:

D1 D2

W1 $15 $21

W2 $13 $9

a.) Set up the primal, minimization problem.

b.) Set up the dual (maximization) problem.

c.) Solve the dual problem using the simplex method (you may use Excel). What is the optimal mixture and cost?

d.) State and interpret the shadow prices on each constraint

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A B C D Avoilability Dz Wi 15 21 25 W2 1... View the full answer