The Operations Manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co

question 48

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 are optimal daily profits?

• A) $0
• B) $240
• C) $420
• D) $405
• E) $505