The Supervisor of a Production Company Is Trying to Determine

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Essay

The supervisor of a production company is trying to determine the number of two assembling parts, Part X and Part Y to be produced per day in three different sections of the plant. The time required for the production along with the profit contribution for each part are given in the following table:

Each part made (X and Y) must be processed in each of the three sections. No more than 60 units of Part X can be produced, but up to 70 units of Part Y can be produced per day. The company already has orders for 30 units of Part Y that must be satisfied. a. Develop a linear programming model and solve the model to determine the optimal production quantities of parts X and Y. b. If more time could be made available in Section 2, how much worth would it be?

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