Consider a resource-allocation problem having the following data. Contribution per unit = profit per unit of the

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Consider a resource-allocation problem having the following data.

Resource Usage per Unit of Each Activity Amount of Resource Available Resource 2 10 20 2 4 20 Contribution $20 $30 per u

Contribution per unit = profit per unit of the activity.
a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem on a spreadsheet.
b. Use the spreadsheet to check the following solutions:
(x1, x2) = (2, 2), (3, 3), (2, 4), (4, 2), (3, 4), (4, 3). Which of these solutions are feasible? Which of these feasible solutions has the best value of the objective function?
c. Use Solver to find an optimal solution.
d. Express this model in algebraic form.
e. Use the graphical method to solve this model?

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