A trust officer at the Blacksburg National Bank needs to determine how to invest $100,000 in the
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A trust officer at the Blacksburg National Bank needs to determine how to invest $100,000 in the following collection of bonds to maximize the annual return.
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The officer wants to invest at least 50% of the money in short-term issues and no more than 50% in high-risk issues. At least 30% of the funds should go into tax-free investments and at least 40% of the total annual return should be tax-free.
a. Formulate an LP model for this problem.
b. Create a spreadsheet model for this problem and solve it using Solver.
c. What is the optimalsolution?
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Spreadsheet Modeling And Decision Analysis A Practical Introduction To Business Analytics
ISBN: 1233
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Authors: Cliff T. Ragsdale
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