Question: Problem 3 ( 2 2 points ) The food bank annual fund - raising drive is scheduled to take place next week. Donations are collected

Problem 3(22 points)
The food bank annual fund-raising drive is scheduled to take place next week. Donations are collected during the day and night by e-transfer, and through in-person contact. The average donation resulting from each type of contact is as follows.
\table[[,E-transfer ($),In Person ($)],[Day,20,40],[Night,30,75]]
The food bank has enough donated gasoline and cars to make at most 300 in-person contacts during one day and night. The volunteer minutes required to conduct each type of contact are as follows.
\table[[,E-transfer (min),In-Person (min)],[Day,5,12],[Night,4,10]]
The charity has 25 volunteer hours available each day and 35 volunteer hours available each night. The chairperson of the fund-raising drive wants to know how many different types of contacts to schedule in a 24-hour period (i.e., one day and one night) to maximize total donations.
(a) Formulate algebraically a Linear Programming model for this problem (12 points).
Formulate this same linear programming problem on a spreadsheet and SOLVE using Excel Solver (Provide the corresponding "Excel Spreadsheet" and the "Answer Report"). Include "managerial statements" that communicate the results of the analyses. (i.e., describe verbally/narratively the results. (10 points)
Problem 3 ( 2 2 points ) The food bank annual

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