Question: There is one problem to be solved. You are not required to submit any answer report or sensitivity report for question. Define your decision variables

There is one problem to be solved. You are not required to submit any answer report or sensitivity report for question. Define your decision variables clearly.

The LP formulation and corresponding Excel Sensitivity Report for a media selection problem are provided below.

T = number of commercials on TV

M = number of advertisements in magazines

R = number of commercials on radio

I = number of advertisements on Instagram

Maximize Exposures = 1200T + 600M + 900R + 600I subject to

300T + 155M + 200R + 160I 5,000 (ad budget)

100T + 45M + 60R + 40I 2,000 (planning budget)

600M + 600I 12,000 (min. requirement of exposure from Magazine and Instagram ads)

T 3 (min TV spots) R 10 (max Radio spots T, M, R, I 0.

There is one problem to be solved. You are not Show your calculations clearly and provide the number(s) for your answers wherever possible.

  1. What are the optimal solution and the total exposure represented by the objective function?
  2. What is the impact on total exposure if we increase the ad budget by 200 units?
  3. What is the impact on total exposure if we decrease the planning budget by 400 units?
  4. What is the impact on total exposure if we decrease the planning budget by 600 units?
  5. If the objective function coefficient of magazine ads increases by 50 units, will the optimal solution change? What about the value of the objective function?
  6. What should be the objective function coefficient of Instagram ads so that it can be part of the optimal solution?
  7. We can decrease the exposure requirement by 200 units while increasing the ad budget by 4 units. Is it worth the effort? Find the impact on total exposure.
  8. If the objective function coefficient of radio spots decreases by 50 units and the objective function coefficient of magazine ads increases by 40 units, what will be the impact on total exposure?
Variable Cells Cell Name SBS14 Number of TV Spots SCS14 Number of Magazine Ads SDS14 Number of Radio Spots SES14 Number of Instagram Ads Constraints Cell Name SFS6 Ad Budget SFS7 Planning Budget SFS8 Exposure Requirement SFS9 Min TV Spots SFS10 Max Radio Spots Final Reduced Objective Allowable Allowable Value Cost Coefficient Increase Decrease 3 0 1200 150 20 0 600 97.5 5 0 900 1E+30 0 -22.50 600 22.5 Final Shadow Constraint Allowable Value Price R.H. Side Increase 4.5 0 -0.1625 -150 0 5000 1500 12000 3 5 5000 2000 12000 3 10 1000 1E+30 3870.97 3.33 1E+30 1E+30 22.5 100 1E+30 Allowable Decrease 1000 500 3870.97 3 5

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