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3.12. Maureen Laird is the chief financial officer for the Alva Electric Co., a major public utility in the Midwest. The company has scheduled the construction of new hydroelectric plants 5. 10, and 20 years from now to meet the needs of the growing population in the region served by the company. To cover the construction costs, Maureen needs to invest some of the company's money now to meet these future cash flow needs. Maureen may purchase only three kinds of financial assets, each of which costs $1 million per unit. Fractional units may be purchased. The assets produce income 5, 10, and 20 years from now, and that income is needed to cover minimum cash flow requirements in those years, as shown in the following table. Income per Unit of Asset Year Asset 1 Asset 2 Asset 3 Minimum Cash Flow Required $1.6 billion 5 $8 million $4 million $2 million 10 400 million 2 million 2 million 4 million 20 0 6 million 1.2 billion 8 million Maureen wishes to determine the mix of investments in these assets that will cover the cash flow requirements while minimizing the total amount invested, a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem on a spreadsheet. nt