Question: A small engineering company makes two products for export, A and B. Both products go through a four stage process: turning, grinding, polishing, finishing. The

A small engineering company makes two products for export, A and B. Both products go through a four stage process: turning, grinding, polishing, finishing. The two products are produced in batches of 100 items and the time taken in hours, for each batch to go through each stage is shown in the table. Determine the optimal solution for this problem?

A small engineering company makes two products

Stage Product A Product B Hours available Turning 12 18 240 Grinding 30 45 450 Polishing 20 60 480 Finishing 40 30 480 Profit contribution per batch of product A is $4 and for product B is $5

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