The Production Planner for a Private Label Soft Drink Maker

question 35

Multiple Choice

The production planner for a private label soft drink maker is planning the production of two soft drinks: root beer (R) and sassafras soda (S) .Two resources are constrained:
Production time (T) ,of which she has at most 12 hours per day; and carbonated water (W) ,of which she can get at most 1500 gallons per day.A case of root beer requires 2 minutes of time and 5 gallons of water to produce,while a case of sassafras soda requires 3 minutes of time and 5 gallons of water.Profits for the root beer are $6.00 per case,and profits for the sassafras soda are $4.00 per case.What is the objective function?

• A) Z = $4 R + $6 S
• B) Z = $2 R + $3 S
• C) Z = $6 R + $4 S
• D) Z = $3 R + $2 S
• E) Z = $5 R + $5 S

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