Better Products, Inc. manufactures three products on two machines. In a typical week, 40 hours are available on each machine. The profit contribution and production time in hours per unit are as follows:

Two operators are required for machine

1; thus, 2 hours of labor must be scheduled for each hour of machine 1 time. Only one operator is required for machine

2. A maximum of 100 labor-hours is available for assignment to the machines during the coming week. Other production requirements are that product 1 cannot account for more than 50% of the units produced and that product 3 must account for at least 20% of the units produced.

How many units of each product should be produced to maximize the total profit contribution? If required, round your answers to the nearest whole number.

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