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Consider the transportation table below. The solution displayed was obtained by performing some iterations of the transportation method on this problem.
Williams Auto Top Carriers proposed opening a new plant in either New Orleans or Houston. Management found that the total system cost.
‘The Donna Mosier Clothing Group owns factories in three towns (W, Y, and Z), which distribute to three retail dress shops in three other cities (A, B, and C).
What is the total transportation cost? (Note that a “dummy” destination is needed to balance the problem.)
The Denver advertising agency promoting the new Breem dishwashing detergent wants to get the best exposure possible for the product.
Baton Rouge’s Mt. Cedar Hospital is a large, private, 600-bed facility complete with laboratories, operating rooms, and X-ray equipment.
The Sweet Smell Fertilizer Company markets bags of manure labeled “not less than 60 lb dry weight.”
The Rio Credit Union has $250,000 available to invest in a 12-month commitment. The money can be placed in Brazilian treasury.
The liver-flavored biscuits contain 1 unit of nutrient A and 2 units of nutrient B; the chicken-flavored biscuits contain 1 unit of nutrient A.
Philip Musa can build either a large electronics section or a small one in his Birmingham drugstore.
Jeff Kaufmann’s machine shop sells a variety of machines for job shops. A customer wants to purchase a model XPO2 drilling machine from Jeff’s store.
Louisiana is busy designing new lottery scratchoff games. In the latest game, Bayou Boondoggle, the player is instructed to scratch off one spot: A, B, or C.
Under what circumstances is the objective function more important than the constraints in a linear programming model.
Why is the diet problem, in practice, applicable for animals but not particularly for people?
How many feasible solutions are there in a linear program? Which ones do we need to examine to find the optimal solution?
Where a constraint crosses the vertical or horizontal axis, the quantity is fairly obvious. How does one go about finding the quantity coordinates.
Suppose a linear programming (maximation) problem has been solved and that the optimal value of the objective function is $300.
Formulate and solve this LP production-mix situation, and find the best combination of air conditioners and heaters that yields the highest profit.
The Chris Beehner Company manufactures two lines of designer yard gates, called model A and model B.
List at least four applications of linear programming problems? What is a “corner point”?
Palmer Jam Company is a small manufacturer of several different jam products. One product is an organic jam that has no preservatives.
F. J. Brewerton Retailers, Inc., must decide whether to build a small or a large facility at a new location in Omaha.
A manufacturer of disk drives for notebook computers wants an MTBF of at least 50,000 hours.
A new aircraft control system is being designed that must be 98% reliable. This system consists of three components in series.
Rick Wing, salesperson for Wave Soldering Systems, Inc. (WSSI), has provided you with a proposal for improving the temperature control on your present machine.