their optimal allocation while minimizing costs. Two popular programs being assessed for this purpose are "Family Planning" (FP) and "Health-Drive-Screening" (HDS); their cost to the hospital for each offering are $200 and $400, respectively. The health care manager in charge of operations found three common patterns of resource consumption for each of these services and the minimum available resources, shown in the table below. a) Formulate this as a linear programming problem. b) Solve the problem graphically. c) Solve problem using Excel Solver. d) In a given month, how many FP programs and how many HDS programs should be offered? e) With the proposed class offerings, how many kits will be left over (not distributed in the classes)? f) What is the yearly cost of these two programs to the hospital