Question: **Please include solver 2. A steel mill produces two types of steel alloy: boral and chromal. Production of each alloy requires three processes: Box anneal,

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2. A steel mill produces two types of steel alloy: boral and chromal. Production of each alloy requires three processes: Box anneal, Cold Roll, and Strand anneal.

Production capacities are:

Box anneal: 4,000 hours/month

Cold Roll: 500 hours/month

Strand anneal: 1,000 hours/month

Production rates in tons:

Box anneal

Cold roll pass 1

Stand anneal

Cold roll pass 2

Boral

4

72

11

36

Chromal

2

Not required

20

24

The maximum demand for boral is 10,500 tons/month and for chromal 6,000 tons/month. The contributions/ton are boral: $25, and chromal: $35. What combination of boral and chromal maximizes total monthly contribution?

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