Question: Read the following case and answer the question ( s ) that follow: A company produces a certain product and has the capacity to produce

Read the following case and answer the question(s) that follow:
A company produces a certain product and has the capacity to produce 100 units per month in regular time, and an
additional 15 units per month in overtime. The production cost of the product varies by month due to changes in the
material costs over time. The quantities of the product to be delivered over the next six months have already been set. The
delivery requirements and production costs are given in the following table:
It is possible that the units produced in a month exceeds the delivery requirement. In such a case, the unsold units are then
carried in stock to the following month. The cost of carrying an unsold unit in stock is R12 per unit per month.
At the beginning of month 1 there are 20 units in stock and the company does not want to have any unsold units at the end
of month 6. The company must determine the number of units of the product to produce in regular time and in overtime
each month to meet the delivery requirement at minimum cost.
(a) Define the decision variables that will be needed to formulate a linear programming (LP) model for this problem.
(10 marks)
(b) Formulate the Linear Programming (LP) model that represents this problem.
(c) Solve the LP model using SOLVER.
(d) Interpret your SOLVER solution within the context of the original business problem
 Read the following case and answer the question(s) that follow: A

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