Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's
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Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. The firm has 800 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 100 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table:
Production Time (Hours) | ||||
Model | Cutting and Sewing | Finishing | Packaging and Shipping | Profit/Glove |
Regular model | 1/3 | 1/8 | 1 | $4 |
Catcher's model | 3/2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | $7 |
Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following:
(a) | What is the linear programming model for this problem? If required, round your answers to 3 decimal places or enter your answers as a fraction. | |||||||||||||||||
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Cutting and sewing R + C Finishing R + C Packing and Shipping R, C
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Accounting Principles
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