The Operations Manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co

question 53

Multiple Choice

The operations manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co.produces two beers: Lite (L) and Dark (D) .Two of his resources are constrained:
Production time,which is limited to 8 hours (480 minutes) per day; and malt extract (one of his ingredients) ,of which he can get only 675 gallons each day.To produce a keg of Lite beer requires 2 minutes of time and 5 gallons of malt extract,while each keg of Dark beer needs 4 minutes of time and 3 gallons of malt extract.Profits for Lite beer are $3.00 per keg,and profits for Dark beer are $2.00 per keg.What is the objective function?

• A) Z = $2 L + $3 D
• B) Z = $2 L + $4 D
• C) Z = $3 L + $2 D
• D) Z = $4 L + $2 D
• E) Z = $5 L + $3 D

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