Question: Devon's Baked Goods would like to maximize its profit from the production of its cookies. Devon produces two types of cookies, Chocolate Chip and Vanilla

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Devon's Baked Goods would like to maximize its profit from the production of its cookies. Devon produces two types of cookies, Chocolate Chip and Vanilla Sprinkle. Each production line at Devon's has three employees and one oven working an 8- hour shift. Tori, the Operations Manager, has developed the linear program shown below to maximize the profit. Chocolate Chip Vanilla Sprinkle Solution 80 240 LHS Profit/ Cupcake $0.50 $0.40 $XXX.XX Sign RHS Oven Hours 0.04 0.02 8 s 8 Labor Hours 0.06 0.08 24 s 24 Variable Cells Final reduced Reduced Objective Allowable Allowable Cell Name Value Cost Coefficient Increase Decrease $B$4 Optimal Solution Choclate Chip 80 0 0.5 0.3 0.2 $C$4 Optimal Solution Vanilla Sprinkle 240 0 0.4 0.266666667 0.15 Constraints Fina Shadow Constraint Allowable Allowable Cell Name Value Price R.H.Side Increase Decrease $D$7 Oven Hours LHS 8 8 8 8 2 $D$8 Labor Hours LHS 24 3 24 8 12 Devon tells Tori that he is able to obtain 2 additional oven hours. Should Tori tell him to obtain these hours? Would it effect the profit? Tori should obtain only 1 additional hour. The new total profit would be $136. Tori should obtain the 2 additional hours. The new total profit would be $139. Tori should obtain the 2 additional hours. The new total profit would be $152. Tori should not obtain the additional hours. It would decrease the total profit

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