Question: Help me provide the solutions to this linear programming question of quantitative methods in full A food factory that produces coffee beans approached you last

Help me provide the solutions to this linear programming question of quantitative methods in full
A food factory that produces coffee beans approached you last week for a consultation. They want you to work out a production plan that maximises the factorys profit. The factory produces two types of coffee beans, namely B1 and B2. Each coffee bean has to go through three processes of drying, shelling, and polishing, which are completed by three machines, namely M1(drying), M2(shelling), and M3(polishing). The processing time for each type of coffee beans varies on each machine. Each machine can only operate during factory working hours (8am-6pm).
for coffee bean B1, the minutes taken for each machine M1, M2, M3 is 30,24 and 20 respectively, with a profit per kg of 6,
and for coffee bean B1, the minutes taken for each machine M1, M2, M3 is 15,20 and 50 respectively, with a profit per kg of 9.
a planner suggested that the processing time of the drying machine (M1) is not fixed, but depends on the humidity of the coffee beans of B1 and B2. If the humidity is high, the time will be long; if the humidity is low, the time will be short (but will not be 0).
Determine what kind of processing time will keep your production plan optimal. Please limit the answer to within one page.

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