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Furnco manufactures desks and chairs. Each desk uses 4 units of wood, and each chair uses 3. A desk contributes $40 to profit, and a chair contributes $25. Marketing restrictions require that the number of chairs produced be at least twice the number of desks produced. If 20 units of wood are available, formulate an LP to maximize Furncos profit. Then graphically solve the LP. Truckco manufactures two types of trucks: 1 and 2. Each truck must go through the painting shop and assembly shop. If the painting shop were completely devoted to painting Type 1 trucks, then 800 per day could be painted; if the painting shop were completely devoted to painting Type 2 trucks, then 700 per day could be painted. If the assembly shop were completely devoted to assembling truck 1 engines, then 1,500 per day could be assembled; if the assembly shop were completely devoted to assembling truck 2 engines, then 1,200 per day could be assembled. Each Type 1 truck contributes $300 to profit; each Type 2 truck contributes $500. Formulate an LP that will m aximize Truckcos profit. Leary Chemical manufactures three chemicals: A, B, and C. These chemicals are produced via two production processes: 1 and 2. Running process 1 for an hour costs $4 and yields 3 units of A, 1 of B, and 1 of C. Running process 2 for an hour costs $1 and produces 1 unit of A and 1 of B. To meet customer demands, at least 10 units of A, 5 of B, and 3 of C must be produced daily. Graphically determine a daily production plan that minimizes the cost of meeting Leary Chemicals daily demands. Farmer Jane owns 45 acres of land. She is going to plant each with wheat or corn. Each acre planted with wheat yields $200 profit; each with corn yields $300 profit. For wheat 3 workers and 2 tons fertilizer and for corn 2 workers and 4 tons fertilizer are used for each acre.. One hundred workers and 120 tons of fertilizer are available. Use linear programming to determine how Jane can maximize profits from her land. Wild West produces two types of cowboy hats. A type 1 hat requires twice as much labor time as a type 2. If the all available labor time is dedicated to Type 2 alone, the company can produce a total of 400 Type 2 hats a day. The respective market limits for the two types are 150 and 200 hats per day. The profit is $8 per Type 1 hat and $5 per Type 2 hat. Determine the number of hats of each type that would maximize profit. A furniture company manufactures desks and chairs. The sawing department cuts the lumber for both products, which is then sent to separate assembly departments. Assembled items are sent for finishing to the painting department. The daily capacity of the sawing department is 200 chairs or 80 desks. TIle chair assembly department can produce 120 chairs daily and the desk assembly department 60 desks daily. TIle paint department has a daily capacity of either 150 chairs or 110 desks. Given that the profit per chair is $50 and that of a desk is $100, determine the optimal production mix for the company.

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