Question: Please focus on the numbers, I want a correct answer and quickly, please Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a

Please focus on the numbers, I want a correct answer and quickly, please

Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. The firm has 400 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 200 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 1/8 1 1/2 $5
Catcher's model 1/2 1/2 3/2 $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. If the constant is "1" it must be entered in the box. Do not round intermediate calculation. If an amount is zero, enter "0".
Let R = number of units of regular model.
C = number of units of catcher's model.
Max R + C
s.t.
R + C - Select your answer -= Cutting and Sewing
R + C - Select your answer -= Finishing
R + C - Select your answer -= Packing and Shipping
R, C - Select your answer -=
(b) Develop a spreadsheet model and find the optimal solution using Solver. How many gloves of each model should Kelson manufacture?
Regular Model = units
Catcher's Model = units
(c) What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities?
$
(d) How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department?
Department Production Time (Hours)
Cutting and Sewing
Finishing
Packing and Shipping
(e) What is the slack time in each department? If your answer is zero, enter 0.
Department Slack Time (Hours)
Cutting and Sewing
Finishing
Packing and Shipping

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