The Production Planner for a Private Label Soft Drink Maker

question 4

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.Using the graphical method,what are optimal daily profits?

• A) $960
• B) $1,560
• C) $1,800
• D) $1,900
• E) $2,520

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