Smalltime Investments Inc

question 7

Essay

Smalltime Investments Inc.is going to purchase new computers.There are ten employees, and the company would like one for each employee.The cost of the basic personal computer with monitor and disk drive is $2,000, while the deluxe version with VGA and advanced processor is $3,500.Due to internal politics, the number of deluxe computers should be less than half the number of regular computers, but at least three deluxe computers must be purchased.The budget is $27,000, although additional money could be used if it were deemed necessary.All of these are goals that the company has identified.Formulate this as a goal programming problem.

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The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another, sinking into the mantle due to gravitational forces.

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Transfer of thermal energy by direct contact.

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