Question: Please help ! Kalyan Singhal Corp. makes three products, and it has three machines available as resources as given in the following LP problem: Maximize

Please help !
Kalyan Singhal Corp. makes three products, and it has three machines available as resources as given in the following LP
problem:
Maximize contribution =,4x1+4x2+7x3
1x1+7x2+4x3100
2x1+1x2+7x3110
8x1+4x2+1x3100
x1,x2,x30
(C1 : hours on machine 1)
: hours on machine 2)
: hours on machine 3)
a) Using a computer software for solving LP, the optimal solution achieved is:
x1=
(round your response to two decimal places).
x2=
(round your response to two decimal places).
x3=
(round your response to two decimal places).
Contribution (objective value)=
(round your response to two decimal places).
b) Machine 1 has
hours of unused time available at the optimal solution (round your response to two
decimal places).
Machine 2 has
hours of unused time available at the optimal solution (round your response to two
decimal places).
Machine 3 has
hours of unused time available at the optimal solution (round your response to two
decimal places).
c) An additional hour of time available for third machine, is worth
dollars to the firm (round your response to
two decimal places).
d) An additional 8 hours of time available for the second machine, at no cost to the firm, are going to increase the objective
value by
dollars (round your response to two decimal places).
 Please help ! Kalyan Singhal Corp. makes three products, and it

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