The Wiethoff Company Has a Contract to Produce 10,000 Garden

question 35

Essay

The Wiethoff Company has a contract to produce 10,000 garden hoses for a customer. Wiethoff has four different machines that can produce this kind of hose. Because these machines are from different manufacturers and use differing technologies, their specifications are not the same and not all four machines have to be used to produce all of the garden hoses. $\begin{array}{cccc}&\text { Fixed Cost }\\&to~ Setup&Variable ~Cost\\\text { Machine } & \text { Production Run } & \text { per Hose } & \text { Capacity } \\\hline 1 & 750 & 1.25 & 6000 \\2 & 500 & 1.50 & 7500 \\3 & 1000 & 1.00 & 4000 \\4 & 300 & 2.00 & 5000\end{array}$
This problem requires two different kinds of decision variables. Clearly define each kind.

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Definitions:

Final Pathway

The last step in a physiological process or a neural circuit where the signal leads to a specific outcome or response.

Motor Neuron

A type of nerve cell that directly or indirectly controls muscle fibers, responsible for voluntary muscle movements.

EPSPs

Excitatory PostSynaptic Potentials are electrical changes in the membrane of a post-synaptic neuron that make it more likely to fire an action potential.

Sodium Channels

Protein channels in cell membranes that allow sodium ions to flow into or out of a cell, crucial for processes such as the generation of electrical signals in neurons.