Question: please help with this IN EXCEL!!!!! show all steps and equations and solver and explain results!!!! thanks in advance will rate fast. A company faces

please help with this IN EXCEL!!!!! show all steps and equations and solver and explain results!!!! thanks in advance will rate fast. A company faces the aggregate planning problem shown in the table below. Cost of regular production is $8 per unit, the cost of producing the same unit on overtime is $15, the cost of subcontracting is $12 per unit, and the cost of carrying a unit in inventory from one month to the next is $6.
\table[[,January,February,March,April,May],[Forecast,400,800,1200,700,300],[\table[[Beginning],[Inventory]],100,,,,],[Regular Time,,,,,],[Overtime,,,,,],[Subcontracting,,,,,],[Ending Inventory,,,,,]]
The labour contract at the plant prohibits both overtime and subcontracting output to exceed 400 units in any five-month window. The plant capacity is 20 units per day produced using two shifts and the plant runs seven days a week. By policy, management wants to avoid stock-outs. What is the optimal total cost of the aggregate plan developed?
 please help with this IN EXCEL!!!!! show all steps and equations

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