Table 8-5 Each Coffee Table Produced by Timothy Kent Designers Nets the Nets

question 83

Multiple Choice

Table 8-5
Each coffee table produced by Timothy Kent Designers nets the firm a profit of $9.Each bookcase yields a $12 profit.Kent's firm is small and its resources limited.During any given production period (of 1 week) ,10 gallons of varnish and 12 lengths of high quality redwood are available.Each coffee table requires approximately 1 gallon of varnish and 1 length of redwood.Each bookcase takes 1 gallon of varnish and 2 lengths of wood.
T = number of tables produced each week
B = number of bookcases produced each week
-Referring to Table 8-5,if we were to frame this as a linear programming problem,the objective function would be

• A)maximize 9B + 12T.
• B)maximize 9T + 12B.
• C)minimize 10T + 10B.
• D)maximize 12T + 10B.
• E)None of the above

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