A Goal Programming Problem Had Two Goals (With No Priorities

question 85

Multiple Choice

A goal programming problem had two goals (with no priorities assigned) .Goal number 1 was to achieve a profit of $2,400 and goal number 2 was to have no idle time for workers in the factory.The optimal solution to this problem resulted in a profit of $2,300 and no idle time.What was the value for the objective function for this goal programming problem?

• A)2300
• B)100
• C)-100
• D)0
• E)None of the above

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