Question: 1. COMPUTER PRODUCTION. MVC Enterprises can manufacture four different computer models; the Student, Plus, Net, and Pro models. The following gives the configurations of each

1. COMPUTER PRODUCTION. MVC Enterprises can1. COMPUTER PRODUCTION. MVC Enterprises can1. COMPUTER PRODUCTION. MVC Enterprises can1. COMPUTER PRODUCTION. MVC Enterprises can

1. COMPUTER PRODUCTION. MVC Enterprises can manufacture four different computer models; the Student, Plus, Net, and Pro models. The following gives the configurations of each model Student Celeron 20 gb Plus Pentium 20 gb Net Celeron 20 gb Pro Pentium 30 gb NO YES CD R/W YES DVD DVD + CD R/W Processor Hard Drive Floppy Drives Zip Drive Audio/Video Monitor Case Production Times (hrs.) Unit Profit YES DVD + CD R/W 17" Tower 15" 15 17" Tower Mini-Tower Mini-Tower .5 $70 $80 $130 $150 MVC must satisfy a contract that produces a minimum of 100 Net models per week. MVC employs 25 workers, each of whom averages 30 production hours each per week. The following resources are available weekly: Processors Celeron - 700 Pentium - 550 Hard Drives 20 gb-800 30 gb-950 Other Drives Floppy-1600 Zip-1000 Audiovisual CD R/W-1600 DVD-900 Monitors 15" - 850 17" - 800 Cases Mini-Tower - 1250 Tower - 750 The problem is formulated and solved in Excel Solver as follows. Decision variables: X1 = Number of Student models produced each week X2 = Number of Plus models produced each week X3 = Number of Net models produced each week X = Number of Pro models produced each week Objective function: MAX 70X: + 80X2 + 130X: + 150X, Subject to : X 4X1 + 5X2 + .6X3+ 8X4 s XS s X4 S X2 + 2X3 + X: X1 + X2 + X: S X1 + X: + X S X2 + X: + X. S X1 + X2 S 100 (Contract) 750 (Production Hours) 700 (Celeron) 550 (Pentium) 800 (20gb Hard Drives) 950 (30gb Hard Drives) 1600 (Floppy Drives) 1000 (Zip Drives) 1600 (CD R/W's) 900 (DVD's) 850 (15-in. monitors) 800 (17-in. monitors) 1250 (Mini-tower cases) 750 (Tower cases) X2+ X3 X All X's 20 S S Model in Excel: G6 - A =SUMPRODUCT($C$4:$F$4,06:56) A B C D E F 1 MVC ENTERPRISES G H I Student 325 Plus 100 Net 375 Pro 425 Production 70 Total 143250 80 150 375 0.4 0.8 Profit Contract Production Hours Celeron Pentium 20 gb drives 30 gb drives Floppies Zip Drives CD RAV's DVD's 15-in Monitors 17-in Monitors Mini-Tower Cases Tower Cases 745 700 525 800 425 1600 850 A A A 111 1125 1000 1600 900 900 425 800 475 750 850 800 E =$1$7 Not Binding 745 SG$8=$1$8 Not Binding 700 $G$9

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