A Carpenter Makes Tables and Chairs

question 16

Essay

A carpenter makes tables and chairs.Each table can be sold for a profit of $50 and each chair for a profit of $30.The carpenter works a maximum of 40 hours per week and spends 5 hours to make a table and 2 hours to make a chair.Customer demand requires that he makes at least twice as many chairs as tables.The carpenter stores the finished products in his garage,and there is room for a maximum of 6 furniture pieces each week.Determine the carpenter's optimal production mix.

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Definitions:

Awake

The state of being conscious, alert, and aware of one's surroundings after sleep.

Proactive Interference

Proactive interference occurs when old information hinders the recall of newly learned information.

Retroactive Interference

A phenomenon in which newer memories interfere with the recall of older memories already stored in the brain.

Encoding Failure

The inability to create a memory link because information was not adequately encoded in the brain for storage.