Question: Problem 5 ( 2 0 points ) . A textile mill produces five types of fabrics. The demand ( in thousand yards ) over a

Problem 5(20 points). A textile mill produces five types of fabrics. The demand (in thousand
yards) over a quarter-year time horizon for these fabrics is 16,48,37,23, and 82, respectively.
These five fabrics are woven, finished, and sold in the market at prices 0.9,0.8,0.8,1.2, and 0.6
$/per yard, respectively. Besides weaving and finishing the fabrics at the mill itself, the fabrics
are also purchased from outside sources and are then finished at the mill before being sold. If the
unfinished fabrics are purchased outside, the costs in $/per yard for the five fabrics are 0.8,0.7,
0.75,0.9, and 0.7 respectively. If produced at the mill itself, the respective costs are 0.6,0.5,0.6,
0.7, and 0.3 $/per yard. There are two types of looms that can produce the fabrics at the mill,
that is, there are 10 Dobbie looms and 80 regular looms. The production rate of each Dobbie
loom is 4.7,4.6,5.2,3.8, and 4.2 yards per hour for the five fabrics. The regular looms have the
same production rates as the Dobbie looms, but they can only produce fabric types 3,4, and 5.
Assume that the mill operates seven days a week and 24 hours a day.
Formulate the problem of optimally planning to meet the demand over a quarter-year
horizon as a LO model. Use computer tools to find an optimal solution to this LO
model (or report that it does not exist). Please include all of your code in your submis-
sion

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