(a)

Determine the objective coefficient ranges. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

regular glove ___ to___

catcher's mitt ____ to ____

(b)

Interpret the ranges in part (a). (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

As long as the profit contribution for the regular glove is between $ ___ and $ ___ , the current solution ---Select--- is , is not optimal. As long as the profit contribution for the catcher's mitt is between $ ____ and $ ____ , the current solution ---Select--- is , is not optimal.

(c)

Interpret the right-hand-side ranges.

The dual values for the resources are applicable over the following ranges. (Round your answers to two decimal places. If there is no upper or lower limit, enter NO LIMIT.)

cutting and sewing ___ to ___

finishing ___ to ____

packaging and shipping ___ to ____

(d)

How much will the value of the optimal solution improve (in $) if 20 extra hours of packaging and shipping time are made available?

$ ____

plan it

Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. Letting R = number of regular gloves C = number of catcher's mitts leads to the following formulation: Max 5R + 8C s.c. 3 R + R C$1,000 2 1R +1 240 CS Z 3 Cutting and sewing Finishing 10 s 100 Packaging and shipping + 4 RC20 The computer solution uter solution is shown below. Optimal Objective Value = 3520.00000 Variable R Value 320.00000 240.00000 Reduced Cost 0.0000G 0.00000 C constraint 1 2 3 Slack/Surplus 320.00000 0.00000 0.00000 Dual Value 0.00000 3.00000 28.00000 Variable ve Coefficient 5.000D 0.00000 R Allowable Increase 7.00000 2.00000 Allowable Decrane 1.00000 4.66667 contraint 1 1 RUS Value 1000.00000 240.00000 100.00000 Allowable Increase Infinite 160.00000 64.00000 Allowable Decrase 320.00000 106.66667 40.00000 2 3