Question: PLEASE SHOW IN EXCEL Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catchers model. The firm has
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Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catchers model. The firm has 900 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 100 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 | Cuttuing and Sewing | Finishing | and Shipping | Profit/Glove |
| Regular model | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 | $5 |
| Catcher's model | 3/2 | 1/3 | 1/4 | $8 |
Assume that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution.
Let R = number of units of regular model. C = number of units of catchers model.
| Max | 5 R | + | 8 C | |||
| s.t. | ||||||
| 1 R | + | C |
| 900 | Cutting and sewing | |
| R | + | C |
| 300 | Finishing | |
| R | + | C |
| 100 | Packaging and Shipping | |
| R, C |
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