PROBLEM: A company makes two different models of a product: standard and deluxe. Each unit of standard model requires 60 minutes of cutting and sewing, 31 minutes of finishing, and 8 minutes of packaging and shipping. On the other hand, each unit of deluxe model requires 88 minutes of cutting and sewing, 40 minutes of finishing, and 15 minutes of packaging and shipping. In the next production period, the company has 900 hours in the cutting and sewing department, 500 hours in the finishing department, and 120 hours in the packaging and shipping department.
a] Can the company produce 295 units of standard model and 410 units of deluxe model in the next production period?
b] Can the company produce 295 units of standard model and 300 units of deluxe model in the next production period?