Question: Consider the following spreadsheet and Excel Solver sensitivity report. ( The profit is in dollars, and the variables x 1 and x 2 represent the

Consider the following spreadsheet and Excel Solver sensitivity report. (The profit is in dollars, and the variables x1 and x2 represent the number of units of products 1 and 2, respectively.)
A B C D E
1
2 Input Information
3 x1 x2(type) Avail.
4 Constraint 125<44
5 Constraint 231<34
6 Constraint 311>11
7
8 Profit 65
9
10 Output Information
11 Variables
12 Profit = Total
13
14 Resources Used Slack/Surplus
15 Constraint 1
16 Constraint 2
17 Constraint 3
18
19
Sensitivity Report
Variable Cells
Cell Name Final Value Reduced Cost Objective Coefficient Allowable Increase Allowable Decrease
$B$11 Variables x19.6923076920694
$C$11 Variables x24.92307692305103
Constraints
Cell Name Final Value Shadow Price Constraint R.H. Side Allowable Increase Allowable Decrease
$B$15 Constraint 1 Used 440.69230769234412621.333333333
$B$16 Constraint 2 Used 341.538461538343215.666666667
$B$17 Constraint 3 Used 14.615384620113.6153846151E+30
Use the spreadsheet and Excel Solver sensitivity report to answer these questions.
(a)
What is the cell formula for B12(the profit contribution of variable x1)?
=SUM(B4:B6)*B11
=SUM(B4:B6)*B8
=B8 B11
=B8*B11
=SUM(B4:B6) B11

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