Question: 1 7 ) The operations manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co . produces two beers: Dark ( D ) and Lite ( L )

17) The operations manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co. produces two beers: Dark (D) and Lite (L). Two of his resources are constrained: production time, which is limited to 8 hours (480 minutes) per day; and malt extract (one of his ingredients), of which he can get only 900 gallons each day. To produce a keg of Dark beer requires 1 minute of time and 3 gallons of malt extract, while each keg of Lite beer needs 2 minutes of time and 1 gallons of malt extract. Profits for Dark beer are $2 per keg, and profits for Lite beer are $5 per keg. Assume D and L are the number of dark and lite kegs of beer to produce respectively. Answer the following based on a Linear Programming (LP) formulation of the problem.
Which of the following is not a feasible production combination?
100D & 100L

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