Hyzel Manufacturing Company produces two types of tarpaulin products for its customers, namely, Class A and Class AA. Each class of finished product uses two types of raw materials, namely, material R and material S. It has been observed by the business that for a square meter of Class A tarpaulin, it requires 2 kilos of material R and 1 kilo of material S. On the other hand, each square meter of Class AA tarpaulin requires 1 kilo of material R and 2 kilos of material S. The profit per square meter of Class A and Class AA tarpaulins are P160.00 and P200.00, respectively. Every week, the business has 100 kilos of material R and 140 kilos of material S for the production of tarpaulins.

Required. Using the simplex method, determine the optimal solution.

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