Question: QUESTION 6 ( 2 5 marks; 4 5 minutes ) 1 0 3 Field Workshop, a technical service providing mechanical services to all SANDF bases

QUESTION 6(25 marks; 45 minutes)
103 Field Workshop, a technical service providing mechanical services to all SANDF bases in the Westem Cape, has a division that makes the brown paint for the army fleet, and a white paint for the navy and air force fleet.
Information about the paints is given in the table below:
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline & Brown & White \\
\hline Selling price per litre & R200 & R210\\
\hline Variable cost per litre: & & \\
\hline Material (R2.50; 8 litres \& 10 litres respectively) & R20 & R25\\
\hline Labour (R4.00; 10 hours 85 hours respectively) & R40 & R20\\
\hline Variable overhead (R7.00; 4 hours and 5 hours respectively) & R28 & R35\\
\hline Minimum demand (litres) & 350 & 350\\
\hline Limitations of resources are as follows: & & \\
\hline Material \(\quad 31000\mathrm{~kg}\) & & \\
\hline Labour 20000 hours & & \\
\hline Variable overhead 17500 machine hours & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
Required:
6.1 Prepare a linear programming solution for the limited resources of 103 Field Workshop using the graphical method with simultaneous equations to support your answer. (25)
(Her't)
Sown \(=x \)
QUESTION 6 ( 2 5 marks; 4 5 minutes ) 1 0 3 Field

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