Question: I Need a manual solution for this question. Please DO NOT USE excel solver. Problem 3 (25 marks) National Wing Company (NWC) is gearing up
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Problem 3 (25 marks)
National Wing Company (NWC) is gearing up for the new B-48 contract. Currently NWC has 100 equally qualified workers. Over the next three months NWC has made the following commitments for wing production:
| Month | Wing Production |
| May | 20 |
| June | 24 |
| July | 30 |
Each worker can either be placed in production or can train new recruits. A new recruit can be trained to be an apprentice in one month. The next month, he, himself, becomes a qualified worker (after two months from the start of training). Each trainer can train two recruits. The production rate and salary per employee is estimated below.
| Employee | Production Rate (Wings/Month) | Salary Per Month |
| Production | .6 | $3,000 |
| Trainer | .3 | 3,300 |
| Apprentice | .4 | 2,600 |
| Recruit | .05 | 2,200 |
At the end of July, NWC wishes to have no recruits or apprentices but have at least 140 full-time workers. Formulate and solve a linear program for NWC to accomplish this at minimum total cost.
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