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Resource Constraints:
Cutting time available: 40 hours (or 2400 minutes)
Sewing time available: 52 hours (or 3120 minutes)
Production Times:
Mountain Parka:
Cutting time: 30 minutes
Sewing time: 45 minutes
Rocky Parka:
Cutting time: 45 minutes
Sewing time: 15 minutes
Retail Prices:
Mountain Parka: $105
Rocky Parka: $85
Minimum Requirement:
At least 20 Mountain Parkas must be manufactured.
Lets denote the number of Mountain Parkas produced as (x) and the number of Rocky Parkas produced as (y).
Our objective is to maximize the total profit contribution, which can be expressed as:
[\text{Total Profit}=105x +85y ]
Subject to the following constraints:
Cutting time constraint: [30x +45y \leq 2400]
Sewing time constraint: [45x +15y \leq 3120]
Minimum requirement for Mountain Parkas: [ x \geq 20]
Non-negativity constraints: [ x \geq 0,\quad y \geq 0]
Now, lets solve this linear program to find the optimal solution.
Graphical Solution:
We can graph the feasible region defined by the constraints.
The corner points of the feasible region will help us determine the optimal solution.
Corner Points:
Lets calculate the coordinates of the corner points:
Point A: (20,0)
Point B: (40,0)
Point C: (40,24)
Point D: (20,48)
Evaluate Objective Function at Corner Points:
At Point A: Total Profit =(105\cdot 20+85\cdot 0=2100)
At Point B: Total Profit =(105\cdot 40+85\cdot 0=4200)
At Point C: Total Profit =(105\cdot 40+85\cdot 24=5640)
At Point D: Total Profit =(105\cdot 20+85\cdot 48=4920)
Optimal Solution:
The maximum total profit occurs at Point C: (x =40, y =24).
Therefore, Expedition Outfitters should manufacture 40 Mountain Parkas and 24 Rocky Parkas to maximize the total profit contribution.

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