Question: LP Formulation ONLY ( Formulate this problem as a linear programming formulation with notation.) a) A boutique chocolatier - Lafayette Village Raleigh has two most

LP Formulation ONLY (Formulate this problem as a linear programming formulation with notation.)

  1. a) A boutique chocolatier - Lafayette Village Raleigh has two most sellable products:Its flagship assortment of triangular chocolates, called Pyramide, and the more decadent and deluxe Pyramide Nut and Caramel.
  • How much of each should it produce to maximize profits?
  • Every box of Pyramide has a a profit of $1.
  • Every box of Nut and Caramel has a profit of $6.
  • The daily demand is limited to at most 200 boxes of Pyramide and 300 boxes of Nut and Caramel.
  • The current workforce can produce a total of at most 400 boxes of chocolate per day.
  • Let x1 be # of boxes of Pyramide, x2 be # of boxes of Nut and Caramel
  1. b) What if there is a third and even more exclusive line of chocolates, called Pyramide Luxe. One box of these will bring in a profit of $13.

Nut and Caramel and Luxe require same packaging machinery, except that Luxe uses it three times as much, which imposes another constraint x2 + 3x3 600.

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