Exhibit 3.1 The Following Questions Are Based on This Problem and Accompanying

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Exhibit 3.1
The following questions are based on this problem and accompanying Excel windows.
Jones Furniture Company produces beds and desks for college students. The production process requires carpentry and varnishing. Each bed requires 6 hours of carpentry and 4 hour of varnishing. Each desk requires 4 hours of carpentry and 8 hours of varnishing. There are 36 hours of carpentry time and 40 hours of varnishing time available. Beds generate $30 of profit and desks generate $40 of profit. Demand for desks is limited, so at most 8 will be produced. The LP model for the problem is
-Refer to Exhibit 3.1. What formula should be entered in cell E5 in the accompanying Excel spreadsheet to compute total profit?

• A) =B4*B5+C4*C5
• B) =SUMPRODUCT(B8:C8,$B$4:$C$4)
• C) =SUM(B5:C5)
• D) =SUM(E8:E10)

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