Question: ( 3 0 points ) Remember the WeCare Insurance Co . from Midterm 1 ? Below is the integer programming model they used to determine

(30 points) Remember the WeCare Insurance Co. from Midterm 1? Below is the integer programming model they used to determine how many of their 120 newly-trained agents to assign to the Great Lakes (71), Gulf Coast (x2), and West Coast (J3) regions given their budget constraints and management's emphasis on the Great Lakes region:
max
60x1+80x2+120x3
s.t.
x1+ x2+ x3120
55x1+5022+75x36500
10x1+25x2+40x32200
-07x1+0.322+0.3x30
Monthly Income ($1000s)
Available Agents
Monthly Payouts Budget ($1000s)
Relocation Budget ($1000s)
At Least 30% of Agents to GL
X1,22, x30 and integers
(a)(20) Convert the linear programming model above into a goal programming model that seeks to accomplish the 4 goals below, listed from highest priority to lowest:
They would like a total monthly income of at least 89.1 million.
Since relocation expenses can be used as a tax write-off, they would like none of their $2.2 million budget to be left over once new agents have been assigned.
They would like exactly 30% of assigned agents to be sent to the Great Lakes.
They have decided that exceeding their relocation budget is fine as long as they don't go more than $400,000 over budget.
Constraints in the original model that don't directly relate to these goals should be copied into your new model without any modifications. Write this new model below.

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