Question: Problem A - 3 ( Static ) A manufacturing firm has discontinued production of a certain unprofitable product line. Considerable excess production capacity was created

Problem A-3(Static)
A manufacturing firm has discontinued production of a certain unprofitable product line. Considerable excess production capacity was created as a result. Management is considering devoting this excess capacity to one or more of three products: X1, X2, and X3.
Machine hours required per unit are
PRODUCT
MACHINE TYPE X1 X2 X3
Milling machine 823
Lathe 430
Grinder 201
The available time in machine hours per week is
MACHINE HOURS PER WEEK
Milling machines 800
Lathes 480
Grinders 320
The salespeople estimate they can sell all the units of X1 and X2 that can be made. But the sales potential of X3 is 80 units per week maximum.
Unit profits for the three products are
UNIT PROFITS
X1 $ 20
X26
X38
a. Set up the equations that can be solved to maximize the profit per week. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)

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